Been following your ponderings the last few days so I'm just curious.. are you thinking like in terms of creating some sort of indicator to act as a signal about a person's general behaviors?
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yes, I would like to be able to quickly assess where a profile lands on that spectrum, how it changes over time, graphs to visualize how different profiles compare, etc.
besides just passively collecting this sort of data, I want clients to offer tools that cater to a user's desire to operate as a consumer, producer, or somewhere in between as they see fit
I'm currently developing a client that does just that. it encourages the productive side by loading new notes only when I post something. that's just one example of how a client can bias towards a particular mode of operation
I love that you're exploring areas of varying incentives. Technology often takes a disproportionate amount of blame for problems that are more human related. Obviously, there's a snowball effect in all of that, but it's hard for the individual to acknowledge & shift without guidance or some "thing" that triggers insight.
Bingo!