Few things have as great of an impact on our daily lives as the news we consume. At the same time, the most shareable news is often controversial, click-baity, or outright negative. And with algorithms pushing more and more of that content to the top of our feeds, we feed this cycle of negativity each time we glance at our phones or turn on the TV. ...So we asked ourselves "what if we could tweak our news feed to surface more positive, and tone down the negative?" Join us as we think through a solution that works with existing news apps to help us find a better balance, and discover more moments of joy. A tool that helps us find everyday stories of positivity.
Some of the areas we explore:
- Positive spin of the Citizen app (@Citizenapp)
- Aggregating news based on sentiment
- Partnering with existing news aggregators to adjust the ratio of positive to negative (eg 50/50, 80/20, etc)
- Is too much positivity a bad thing?
- Scheduling the news feed based on time of day (eg positive news when you wake up >>> politics 1-3pm >>> feel-good news before you go to bed)
Would bringing more positivity to your news feed change your overall well-being?
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