# \#idea **URL:** https://community.humanetech.com/tag/idea/9.md [Latest](https://community.humanetech.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.humanetech.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.humanetech.com/tags.md) --- ## [Unweb - adblock for distractions](https://community.humanetech.com/t/unweb-adblock-for-distractions/4842)
**Author:** [@louisbarclay](https://community.humanetech.com/u/louisbarclay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/unweb-adblock-for-distractions/4842 "2020-06-08T23:02:43Z")
Hi everyone! I just launched a new Chrome extension, Unweb. Unweb hides never-ending feeds, related articles, and suggested videos on sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. You can always opt back into distractions… --- ## [Grooming and Metaverse! Would it be possible?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/grooming-and-metaverse-would-it-be-possible/5409)
**Author:** [@lolloaldro](https://community.humanetech.com/u/lolloaldro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/grooming-and-metaverse-would-it-be-possible/5409 "2022-06-03T15:03:37Z")
Hello! I’m part of a team of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Belgium), we are performing a project regarding the Metaverse on behalf of an international corporation active in the grooming and hea… --- ## [Ratio Launcher (Android) - Help needed to test](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ratio-launcher-android-help-needed-to-test/5282)
**Author:** [@ruth.zem](https://community.humanetech.com/u/ruth.zem)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/ratio-launcher-android-help-needed-to-test/5282 "2022-02-16T09:20:54Z")
Hey everyone, :blush: as probably most of the community here, we’ve found very hard to stay focused on our phones. As you, we saw the power asymmetry of addictive UIs and users having to battle it on their own. TL;D… --- ## [An idea for gamifying lessons on cognitive biases in Digital Citizenship classes](https://community.humanetech.com/t/an-idea-for-gamifying-lessons-on-cognitive-biases-in-digital-citizenship-classes/3096)
**Author:** [@micheleminno](https://community.humanetech.com/u/micheleminno)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/an-idea-for-gamifying-lessons-on-cognitive-biases-in-digital-citizenship-classes/3096 "2022-01-07T07:07:08Z")
Given the expandable list of cognitive biases here and on wikipedia (picture), I as Digital Citizenship teacher had an idea to actively involve my 13-18 years old students and I’m experimenting it at school during this w… --- ## [A Technological & Economic solution to our Social Media "nightmare"](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-technological-economic-solution-to-our-social-media-nightmare/5061)
**Author:** [@Miken](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Miken)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-technological-economic-solution-to-our-social-media-nightmare/5061 "2021-12-26T10:33:21Z")
tl;dr - I developed a technological and economic solution that I believer can be a complete game-changer when it comes to social media. I’d like to get your input on my solution and collaborate to make this a reality … --- ## [(Yet another) website about quitting Social Media](https://community.humanetech.com/t/yet-another-website-about-quitting-social-media/5162)
**Author:** [@xplosionmind](https://community.humanetech.com/u/xplosionmind)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/yet-another-website-about-quitting-social-media/5162 "2021-08-19T04:53:06Z")
Hello everybody, my name is Tommi, I am 20 and I come from Italy. I spent most of the last year slowly building a website which is now starting to take a final form. It is about the importance, the reasons, and the alt… --- ## [Advice on finding Android developers for open source project?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/advice-on-finding-android-developers-for-open-source-project/5242)
**Author:** [@tyhitzeman](https://community.humanetech.com/u/tyhitzeman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/advice-on-finding-android-developers-for-open-source-project/5242 "2021-07-20T23:00:01Z")
Focus Launcher (formerly Siempo) is a humane Android home screen. We’re in desperate need of Android developers to help us get the project going after the project was open-sourced. I’ve reached out to sub-reddits (r/ope… --- ## [If you could have one tool or resource in hand to address the concerns we're exploring, what would it be?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/if-you-could-have-one-tool-or-resource-in-hand-to-address-the-concerns-were-exploring-what-would-it-be/4155)
**Author:** [@khkey](https://community.humanetech.com/u/khkey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/if-you-could-have-one-tool-or-resource-in-hand-to-address-the-concerns-were-exploring-what-would-it-be/4155 "2021-07-05T15:30:57Z")
I consider myself both an idealist and a pragmatist, and so I’ve been wondering how others on the forum would answer this question: “If you could wave a magic wand and have one new resource or tool available to use tomo… --- ## [Social app to stay connected in real life](https://community.humanetech.com/t/social-app-to-stay-connected-in-real-life/4708)
**Author:** [@Sido](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Sido)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/social-app-to-stay-connected-in-real-life/4708 "2021-07-03T01:29:02Z")
Hey, we’re college students in Colorado developing a social app that blurs your friends posts when you haven’t talked to them in real life for a few weeks. The aim is to keep you better in touch with your close friends b… --- ## [Human Phones - A mindful redesign of the smartphone experience](https://community.humanetech.com/t/human-phones-a-mindful-redesign-of-the-smartphone-experience/5232)
**Author:** [@Camielvanderbeek](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Camielvanderbeek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/human-phones-a-mindful-redesign-of-the-smartphone-experience/5232 "2021-06-22T10:26:20Z")
Hi everyone, It appeared to me how common it is to use persuasive design patterns for smartphones. I think that designers and technologists should take responsibility and aim for change in regards to the creation of pot… --- ## [A new tool for phone addiction / overexposure](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-new-tool-for-phone-addiction-overexposure/5220)
**Author:** [@Alexandre](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Alexandre)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-new-tool-for-phone-addiction-overexposure/5220 "2021-06-17T07:19:56Z")
Hi, I’m Alex, dad of an addicted teen to his phone, for a year, I’m working on a projet to limit teen phone overexposure : I’ve created POZZZ, a smart pouch similar to the cookie box in The Social Dilemma except that you… --- ## [Aligning Incentives to Make Healthy Online Social Consumption Easier](https://community.humanetech.com/t/aligning-incentives-to-make-healthy-online-social-consumption-easier/5219)
**Author:** [@dan](https://community.humanetech.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/aligning-incentives-to-make-healthy-online-social-consumption-easier/5219 "2021-05-14T04:03:50Z")
Dear \[Humane Tech Community\] - i’ve been lurking & admiring you for some time, A builder of social gaming & ad-tech products in a past life, I feel a strong sense of guilt and responsibility to push the industry toward … --- ## [Starting a Business Without being on Social Media](https://community.humanetech.com/t/starting-a-business-without-being-on-social-media/5151)
**Author:** [@kiran](https://community.humanetech.com/u/kiran)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/starting-a-business-without-being-on-social-media/5151 "2021-01-17T00:22:54Z")
Looking for some perspectives on the following… I’ve been off social media for 9 years (Instagram, FB, Twitter, LInkedIn) and really enjoy the freedom of not being “addicted” to them. However, recently, I embarked on… --- ## [New Public Festival: Civic Signals - For Better Digital Public Spaces](https://community.humanetech.com/t/new-public-festival-civic-signals-for-better-digital-public-spaces/5129)
**Author:** [@JE-FF](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JE-FF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/new-public-festival-civic-signals-for-better-digital-public-spaces/5129 "2020-12-29T09:32:18Z")
I just heard about the New Public Festival taking place January 12-14. It’s an online convention to publicly discuss how the next generation of online platforms should be designed to foster the better aspects of humanity… --- ## [Need Help Revamping the UX for the World's First Online Social Ecosystem](https://community.humanetech.com/t/need-help-revamping-the-ux-for-the-worlds-first-online-social-ecosystem/5104)
**Author:** [@LoCo1994](https://community.humanetech.com/u/LoCo1994)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/need-help-revamping-the-ux-for-the-worlds-first-online-social-ecosystem/5104 "2020-11-27T19:43:40Z")
Humane Tech Community, Over a month ago, I introduced you to a Prototype of the World’s First Online Social Ecosystem. After reviewing the feedback I received on the prototype, it has become evident that the UX needs to… --- ## [An Ethics Oath for Scientists and Engineers? Feedback requested.](https://community.humanetech.com/t/an-ethics-oath-for-scientists-and-engineers-feedback-requested/5064)
**Author:** [@gctwnl](https://community.humanetech.com/u/gctwnl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/an-ethics-oath-for-scientists-and-engineers-feedback-requested/5064 "2020-11-02T14:09:41Z")
I will be giving a presentation at the Architecting for the Global Good instance of IASA’s (free, online) Business Innovation Leadership and Technology conference series. The title is “Master or Servant? Are We Humans St… --- ## [Looking for podcast guests - Selfie Reflective - presenting different perspectives of the status update quo](https://community.humanetech.com/t/looking-for-podcast-guests-selfie-reflective-presenting-different-perspectives-of-the-status-update-quo/4669)
**Author:** [@anon26858671](https://community.humanetech.com/u/anon26858671)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/looking-for-podcast-guests-selfie-reflective-presenting-different-perspectives-of-the-status-update-quo/4669 "2020-02-10T04:25:49Z")
Excited to announce a social media-focussed project called Selfie Reflective - a podcast presenting different perspectives on the status-update quo. We chat to researchers, sociologists, academics, creatives and critica… --- ## [In Need of Humane Tech Minds to Provide Feedback on a Prototype](https://community.humanetech.com/t/in-need-of-humane-tech-minds-to-provide-feedback-on-a-prototype/5011)
**Author:** [@LoCo1994](https://community.humanetech.com/u/LoCo1994)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/in-need-of-humane-tech-minds-to-provide-feedback-on-a-prototype/5011 "2020-10-09T17:44:58Z")
Hello Humane Tech Community! I am in need of some Humane Tech Minds who can provide me some feedback on a prototype that some friends of mine and I worked on. The prototype that my friends and I were working on was an a… --- ## [Most Communications are Just Robots Trying to Get Humans' Attention](https://community.humanetech.com/t/most-communications-are-just-robots-trying-to-get-humans-attention/4936)
**Author:** [@JHercules](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JHercules)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/most-communications-are-just-robots-trying-to-get-humans-attention/4936 "2020-09-22T17:16:59Z")
Most of the communications sent today on email, phone and text are just robots trying to get humans’ attention. I wrote an article in Medium this week to discuss the features of contact info that are causing this proble… --- ## [The Anti-Work Phenomenon: Can you explain it? (plus, a new perspective on Work)](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-anti-work-phenomenon-can-you-explain-it-plus-a-new-perspective-on-work/4688)
**Author:** [@learner2020](https://community.humanetech.com/u/learner2020)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-anti-work-phenomenon-can-you-explain-it-plus-a-new-perspective-on-work/4688 "2020-09-17T05:10:23Z")
There’s an anti-work phenomenon or movement going on, which says that “work is bad”, giving various reasons like: negative experiences at work, bad workplace culture… being underpaid and overworked… feeling under-emplo… --- ## [Resisting Surveillance Capitalism](https://community.humanetech.com/t/resisting-surveillance-capitalism/4915)
**Author:** [@ZStick](https://community.humanetech.com/u/ZStick)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/resisting-surveillance-capitalism/4915 "2020-08-19T18:08:58Z")
This is just an idea, and I’d be interested in hearing people’s thoughts on it, especially those with technical know-how surrounding data mining and the ad companies that do it. I read Shoshana Zuboff’s brilliant “Age o… --- ## [If you could do one thing to reduce children's use of screens, what would it be?](https://community.humanetech.com/t/if-you-could-do-one-thing-to-reduce-childrens-use-of-screens-what-would-it-be/4811)
**Author:** [@rosiephillips](https://community.humanetech.com/u/rosiephillips)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/if-you-could-do-one-thing-to-reduce-childrens-use-of-screens-what-would-it-be/4811 "2020-07-08T20:17:10Z")
Hi! I’m looking at a research project to encourage children to use screens more healthily. Would love your thoughts on, if you could do one thing to reduce children’s use of screens, what would it be? No idea is too big… --- ## [Check out my App beyond EVE 'Encounter Values Environment'](https://community.humanetech.com/t/check-out-my-app-beyond-eve-encounter-values-environment/4870)
**Author:** [@Katrin](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Katrin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/check-out-my-app-beyond-eve-encounter-values-environment/4870 "2020-07-08T13:43:24Z")
When I started the development of the beyond EVE platform in March 2017, I had still not recovered from the election results in the USA and had just seen the YouTube video of Alexander Nix at the Concordia Summit in New … --- ## [A Social Learning NW for Health, Wealth, Love & Inspiration..!!](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-social-learning-nw-for-health-wealth-love-inspiration/4863)
**Author:** [@zafar](https://community.humanetech.com/u/zafar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/a-social-learning-nw-for-health-wealth-love-inspiration/4863 "2020-06-13T20:25:44Z")
My name is Zafar Satyavan (insta/twitter@zafarsatyavan) and I’m the author of Teaching is Out, Learning is IN! a book I co-authored with 2 more about revamping the education system of India where 10k in the age group 15-… --- ## [Closing gaps in Responsible AI: collectively turning principles into practice](https://community.humanetech.com/t/closing-gaps-in-responsible-ai-collectively-turning-principles-into-practice/4817)
**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/closing-gaps-in-responsible-ai-collectively-turning-principles-into-practice/4817 "2020-05-18T05:52:01Z")
One of our members of our LinkedIn Group just posted a very interesting tool that enables people to crowdsource ideas for making Responsible Artificial Intelligence a reality. Here’s the tool: It allows you to identi… --- ## [Bliss-friendly Co. Startup Partner/Contribution](https://community.humanetech.com/t/bliss-friendly-co-startup-partner-contribution/4813)
**Author:** [@NoahKahn](https://community.humanetech.com/u/NoahKahn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/bliss-friendly-co-startup-partner-contribution/4813 "2020-05-14T14:50:19Z")
Hello Humane Tech community! I’m here today cause I have a unique idea I want to share with you all and I thought, what a better community of conscious, passionate, like-minded people that might be interested in joining … --- ## [Addiction that's good for you : Using behavioral psychology and gamification to get people more active!](https://community.humanetech.com/t/addiction-thats-good-for-you-using-behavioral-psychology-and-gamification-to-get-people-more-active/4741)
**Author:** [@valerieg](https://community.humanetech.com/u/valerieg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/addiction-thats-good-for-you-using-behavioral-psychology-and-gamification-to-get-people-more-active/4741 "2020-03-20T14:18:41Z")
Hey Humane Tech Community! I work at a Montreal based start-up that uses gamification and behavioural psychology strategies used by social media and games to get people to move more. We try to fight fire with fire to sh… --- ## [Tech-free Screen Time Tracker](https://community.humanetech.com/t/tech-free-screen-time-tracker/4749)
**Author:** [@JuanBagby](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JuanBagby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/tech-free-screen-time-tracker/4749 "2020-03-19T16:18:00Z")
Hi guys, I hope you are all well and safe. Since, unfortunately, we are all going to spend more time online, especially, parents WFH, with the schools closed and the kids at home craving for screen time, we have create… --- ## [Bad blocking vs. ad blocking](https://community.humanetech.com/t/bad-blocking-vs-ad-blocking/4702)
**Author:** [@louisbarclay](https://community.humanetech.com/u/louisbarclay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/bad-blocking-vs-ad-blocking/4702 "2020-03-11T19:28:56Z")
Hi everyone, I have been trying to elucidate a new concept of bad blocking, which is the next step along from ad blocking. ‘Bad’ is short for ‘built-in ad’, which is, for example, the Facebook News Feed, YouTube’s reco… --- ## [On the problem of defining "Humane"](https://community.humanetech.com/t/on-the-problem-of-defining-humane/4729)
**Author:** [@learner2020](https://community.humanetech.com/u/learner2020)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/on-the-problem-of-defining-humane/4729 "2020-03-10T05:31:19Z")
Dear Humane Tech Community members, Defining “Humane” can be a difficult task. We live in complex systems that are inside other complex systems. Presenting a big picture thinking point-of-view for defining “humane” as w… [Next page](https://community.humanetech.com/tag/idea/9.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=idea)