# Alignment **URL:** https://community.humanetech.com/c/alignment/77.md [Latest](https://community.humanetech.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.humanetech.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.humanetech.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Alignment category](https://community.humanetech.com/t/about-the-alignment-category/3819)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0
How technology is evolving to be more humane. Ideas about how to facilitate this change. Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules: Why should people use this… --- ## [Human Flourishing Design Guide: the science of well-being in the service of technology design](https://community.humanetech.com/t/human-flourishing-design-guide-the-science-of-well-being-in-the-service-of-technology-design/4951)
**Author:** [@ibaldo](https://community.humanetech.com/u/ibaldo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/human-flourishing-design-guide-the-science-of-well-being-in-the-service-of-technology-design/4951 "2024-01-17T04:59:56Z")
:warning: UPDATE: The HFDG website has been launched: https://flourishing.cc/ Hello everyone! I’m a designer who recently finished an MBA in psychology, and my graduation work was the creation of a science-based desig… --- ## [Technologies, protocols and standards for a better future Web](https://community.humanetech.com/t/technologies-protocols-and-standards-for-a-better-future-web/2408)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/technologies-protocols-and-standards-for-a-better-future-web/2408 "2022-10-04T07:45:53Z")
This topic is for discussing new technologies, protocols and standards/specifications that exist, or are under development, that can solve current problems with privacy, surveillance capitalism and monopolisation, and le… --- ## [Ethical malpractices by reputation agencies (censoring) and SEO agencies (upranking)](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ethical-malpractices-by-reputation-agencies-censoring-and-seo-agencies-upranking/2749)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ethical-malpractices-by-reputation-agencies-censoring-and-seo-agencies-upranking/2749 "2018-10-01T08:50:47Z")
Hacker News brought 2 new practices (or rather malpractices) to light that are being used on the internet by reputation management agencies and Search Engine Optimizing (SEO) agencies to either censor or uprank content (… --- ## [Attention tokens: is Brave doing enough?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/attention-tokens-is-brave-doing-enough/24)
**Author:** [@metasj](https://community.humanetech.com/u/metasj)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/attention-tokens-is-brave-doing-enough/24 "2022-06-25T19:49:07Z")
The Brave token was designed to help preserve attention. But now that its initial implementation is clear and people are starting to use it: is it doing the right thing? Doing enough? Do we need other attention token… --- ## [ElementaryOS Human Interface Guidelines](https://community.humanetech.com/t/elementaryos-human-interface-guidelines/5291)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/elementaryos-human-interface-guidelines/5291 "2021-12-02T13:06:56Z")
Some time ago I bumped into some great articles on ElementaryOS on the Fediverse. This OS looks like a great replacement for Windows or MacOS. Have a look yourself: Then I found the Fediverse account of co-founder and… --- ## [Some examples of Radical Transparency](https://community.humanetech.com/t/some-examples-of-radical-transparency/5285)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/some-examples-of-radical-transparency/5285 "2021-11-06T21:14:27Z")
Radically Open Security Radically Open Security is a so-called Non-profit Venture founded by Melanie Rieback, and - while entirely bootstrapped - has grown very quickly and gained a great reputation by being very open: … --- ## [ThoughtWorks Responsible Tech Playbook](https://community.humanetech.com/t/thoughtworks-responsible-tech-playbook/5284)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/thoughtworks-responsible-tech-playbook/5284 "2021-11-06T20:55:42Z")
Thanks to Alja Isaković of ResponsibleTech.Work I found this great resource on the ThoughtWorks website: The site references a 48-page PDF document, and here’s a peek at the table of contents: --- ## [ResponsibleTechWork: Responsible product development](https://community.humanetech.com/t/responsibletechwork-responsible-product-development/5283)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/responsibletechwork-responsible-product-development/5283 "2021-11-06T20:46:40Z")
An open-source framework developed by tech workers for tech workers ResponsibleTech.Work is an initiative by Alja Isaković and Daniel Hartley. They offer a framework that “equips tech workers with practical tools for m… --- ## [Designing for Trust: Three action-oriented playbooks](https://community.humanetech.com/t/designing-for-trust-three-action-oriented-playbooks/4965)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/designing-for-trust-three-action-oriented-playbooks/4965 "2021-09-06T11:59:32Z")
Greater Than X, a company based on the premise that “The way we design products and services is broken” has developed a specialty in Data Trust by Design (Watch their intro a MobX Conference 2017: It’s time to design for… --- ## [Michael Sacasas: 41 Key Questions to Ask About Our Technology](https://community.humanetech.com/t/michael-sacasas-41-key-questions-to-ask-about-our-technology/5257)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/michael-sacasas-41-key-questions-to-ask-about-our-technology/5257 "2021-08-26T08:03:14Z")
Via Wendy Hoenkamp of the Dutch Consumer Watchdog (Consumentenbond) I was pointed to this Ezra Klein Show podcast that interviewed Michael Sacasas. The interview referred to key questions to ask when implementing and app… --- ## [Code for children's rights launched - ten principles for designers and developers](https://community.humanetech.com/t/code-for-childrens-rights-launched-ten-principles-for-designers-and-developers/5259)
**Author:** [@wendy](https://community.humanetech.com/u/wendy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/code-for-childrens-rights-launched-ten-principles-for-designers-and-developers/5259 "2021-08-17T09:04:13Z")
A few months ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with Leiden University and Waag Society launced the ‘Code voor Kinderrechten’ (Code for Children’s Rights). The Code for Children’s Rights consists of ten pri… --- ## [Platform Abuse: Database of tech harms and mitigations](https://community.humanetech.com/t/platform-abuse-database-of-tech-harms-and-mitigations/5255)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/platform-abuse-database-of-tech-harms-and-mitigations/5255 "2021-08-10T07:00:03Z")
I came upon this site that collects patterns of common harms that result from product design decisions, and lists ways to mitigate them: --- ## [Siempo Postmortem: A Humane Tech Startup](https://community.humanetech.com/t/siempo-postmortem-a-humane-tech-startup/5253)
**Author:** [@andrewmurraydunn](https://community.humanetech.com/u/andrewmurraydunn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/siempo-postmortem-a-humane-tech-startup/5253 "2021-08-03T20:13:00Z")
Whew. I finally got around to writing a postmortem in two parts: one looking at the past, and another to the future. There’s much more I could say. At one point I felt like I had a book’s worth of material in me in shari… --- ## [Tristan Harris' "Call to Minimize Distraction & Respect User’s Attention" Google presentation](https://community.humanetech.com/t/tristan-harris-call-to-minimize-distraction-respect-user-s-attention-google-presentation/5243)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/tristan-harris-call-to-minimize-distraction-respect-user-s-attention-google-presentation/5243 "2021-07-08T08:58:28Z")
This presentation that @tristanh gave in 2013 while still working at Google is doing the rounds on Hacker News now: :arrow\_right: A Call to Minimize Distraction & Respect User’s Attention It is well-worth another read,… --- ## [Savior Complex, Patterns of History, & Humane Technology](https://community.humanetech.com/t/savior-complex-patterns-of-history-humane-technology/5225)
**Author:** [@andrewmurraydunn](https://community.humanetech.com/u/andrewmurraydunn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/savior-complex-patterns-of-history-humane-technology/5225 "2021-06-14T02:25:42Z")
Excited to share some more writing I’ve been doing, as a practice of receiving the learnings of my last few years in one magical little corner of the humane tech space. Last week I published Part I: Autobiography of a S… --- ## [Design Justice: Center people who are too often marginalized by design](https://community.humanetech.com/t/design-justice-center-people-who-are-too-often-marginalized-by-design/5224)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/design-justice-center-people-who-are-too-often-marginalized-by-design/5224 "2021-05-24T06:56:20Z")
Via Nick Sellen, developer of Karott, I found the great Design Justice website: From the About page: We use design to imagine and build the worlds we need to live in — worlds that are safer, more just, and more su… --- ## [Editable list of cognitive biases involved in smartphones and social media](https://community.humanetech.com/t/editable-list-of-cognitive-biases-involved-in-smartphones-and-social-media/3054)
**Author:** [@Zerono](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Zerono)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/editable-list-of-cognitive-biases-involved-in-smartphones-and-social-media/3054 "2021-05-01T19:41:58Z")
(Note: This is a wiki post. You can edit and extend by clicking the small orange icon in top-right corner) Hello guys, greetings from Germany. I have found a nice List of cognitive biases on wikipedia. I would like to… --- ## [Ethical anti-design, or designing products that people can't get addicted to](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ethical-anti-design-or-designing-products-that-people-cant-get-addicted-to/5215)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ethical-anti-design-or-designing-products-that-people-cant-get-addicted-to/5215 "2021-04-20T05:51:44Z")
I came upon an interesting article about Ethical Anti-Design that is a good read to make you think about UX decisions in your software. I particularly like the link to the Fediverse that is made, as that is where my pass… --- ## [How Fediverse and Humane Technology Align](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-fediverse-and-humane-technology-align/5193)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-fediverse-and-humane-technology-align/5193 "2021-03-14T07:54:30Z")
As a follow-up to @andrewmurraydunn’s http://community.humanetech.com/t/what-makes-a-humane-technologist/5174 some food for thought: How Fediverse and Humane Technology align … I think “Social Media Reimagined” can b… --- ## [RSS as a Facebook (or any social media newsfeed) alternative](https://community.humanetech.com/t/rss-as-a-facebook-or-any-social-media-newsfeed-alternative/5185)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/rss-as-a-facebook-or-any-social-media-newsfeed-alternative/5185 "2021-03-10T06:07:23Z")
Many people have forgotten about RSS Feeds. The big tech mainstream social media platforms with their algorithmic feeds have taken over the role that RSS played, and many websites - while they still offer an RSS feed - d… --- ## [Beautiful resource: Humane by Design](https://community.humanetech.com/t/beautiful-resource-humane-by-design/4781)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/beautiful-resource-humane-by-design/4781 "2021-03-07T20:20:47Z")
I will only post this wonderful resource here, as the website speaks by itself: --- ## [Auto-Reply notification for telling you moved away from Whatsapp and Messenger](https://community.humanetech.com/t/auto-reply-notification-for-telling-you-moved-away-from-whatsapp-and-messenger/5178)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/auto-reply-notification-for-telling-you-moved-away-from-whatsapp-and-messenger/5178 "2021-03-06T06:53:23Z")
So Facebook will soon change the Whatsapp privacy policy so the data that is collected can be added to the big pile of Facebook data (you might already be nagged to accept the new policy). There’s lotsa stuff that is col… --- ## [The Rise of Ethical Advertising](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-rise-of-ethical-advertising/5103)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-rise-of-ethical-advertising/5103 "2021-02-21T11:57:24Z")
(This is a follow-up to old topic Humane advertising - ethical and mutual-beneficial: It is possible !) There’s an increasing trend of businesses that practice Ethical Advertising. What is Ethical Advertising? Ethi… --- ## [Humane tech related humor](https://community.humanetech.com/t/humane-tech-related-humor/3541)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/humane-tech-related-humor/3541 "2021-03-04T15:37:12Z")
Brilliance in snarkasm: Humane tech related humor from a magical (s)wordsmith Wow, our community should be ‘fun and rewarding’. It is in our dna, our principles. Let’s have some then… https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/alex… --- ## [FLOSS-UX: A Study of Design in FLOSS Projects](https://community.humanetech.com/t/floss-ux-a-study-of-design-in-floss-projects/5175)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/floss-ux-a-study-of-design-in-floss-projects/5175 "2021-03-04T07:40:32Z")
Via the SustainOSS community I found the great work of @dani763f, student at the IT University of Copenhagen currently writing a master thesis on UX design. They have done a study on the role of UX Design in FLOSS pro… --- ## [Should we change the name UX (user experience) to HX (human experience)](https://community.humanetech.com/t/should-we-change-the-name-ux-user-experience-to-hx-human-experience/5165)
**Author:** [@Mircea](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Mircea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/should-we-change-the-name-ux-user-experience-to-hx-human-experience/5165 "2021-03-04T05:02:26Z")
Are we using outdated terminology? Interesting article about using more human centred terminology https://uxdesign.cc/so-long-user-experience-hello-human-experience-b3ee694e6fa3 --- ## [Deception Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites](https://community.humanetech.com/t/deception-patterns-at-scale-findings-from-a-crawl-of-11k-shopping-websites/4182)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/deception-patterns-at-scale-findings-from-a-crawl-of-11k-shopping-websites/4182 "2021-01-30T17:50:21Z")
I could have posted this to Identifying deception patterns on the web but this resource deserves a topic of its own: \[Deception\] Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites \[Deception\] patterns ar… --- ## [Improving online discourse: Encourage critical thinking with Argument Maps](https://community.humanetech.com/t/improving-online-discourse-encourage-critical-thinking-with-argument-maps/4891)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/improving-online-discourse-encourage-critical-thinking-with-argument-maps/4891 "2021-01-27T08:51:50Z")
Most forms of online discourse is done via comment threads that are either linear (this forum) or hierarchical (e.g. Reddit). Comment threads are well-suited to general conversation, but are a rather poor tool to have re… --- ## [Is the answer to problems caused by technology always more technology?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/is-the-answer-to-problems-caused-by-technology-always-more-technology/729)
**Author:** [@Phil](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Phil)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/is-the-answer-to-problems-caused-by-technology-always-more-technology/729 "2021-01-17T18:50:42Z")
What if the answer is less technology? I recognize this is a technology forum but is anyone asking this question? If a person is struggling with alcohol addiction the solution is not to find a better way to consume alco… [Next page](https://community.humanetech.com/c/alignment/77.md?page=1)