Eriol Fox
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erioldoesdesign.bsky.social
Eriol Fox
@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social
They/them 🏳️‍🌈 🌻

Human-rights centred designer
https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/

D&D 🎲

Open Source Design
@opensrcdesign
Often the 'innocent' answers are for example 'it's annoying and means I take longer to chat with my friends'

not 'This helps me think carefully about what i will say in a depersonalised space such as online'. Decent people don't often think about the times when they are less likely to be decent.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
But can you do this in a fully configurable OSS tool? here's where keeping appropriate friction is a choice that you make to keep as a respectful human being, of course someone who can manipulate the code/tech can delete this line of code, this 'restriction' by why?
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I think a lot about moderation tools. One feature I adore is how Twitch chat and Discord chats can put timers and slow mode/cool downs on typing in the chat boxes.

Appropriate friction that has likely helped folks not intending to be adversarial, stop and think before they send an abusive messge.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I think you can with design of technology, you add the extra steps of ' having harmful act in a location where it takes extra seconds of deliberate and concious thought to choose to do harm with that tool.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"You can use a knife to chop up vegetables to eat and also harm someone with a knife. How can the knife owner make it harder to do the latter? I can put/lock my knife in a drawer where by it takes an active decision to take it out to harm someone, i can do something similar with technology?"
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Technology is a tool and like every other tool it can be abused in ways that were never never intended."
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Their status is 'god like' under the technologies domain, according to their own ability to adapt and manipulate the system/s and how this could possible be included in design choices that limit/throttle abusive behaviour and/or encourage non-abusive behaviour.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"Though Web3 is aligned with venture-capital, there’s a staggering amount of thinking and experimentation happening around governance in this space."
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Too many of them fizzle as they try to raise money through grants or crowdfunding efforts, while competing against similar projects that are injected with venture capital and whose sole fiduciary purpose is to make a profit for its shareholders."
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"They often don’t compensate their contributors enough, if at all."
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"We need to contend with the fact that it’s just not feasible to expect ourselves to effectively tackle systemic challenges based on goodwill and volunteerism. Values-first, free and open source, and peer-to-peer projects struggle financially."
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
She's a world-relevant kalashtar, transwoman who started exploring gender more ingame. She has a stuffed cat familiar that may be some ancient evil(?) and whispers magical secrets to her in her 'dreams'.

She has a slight stutter, is very sweet, a little naieve and has a strong sense of justice!
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM