Likewise @newpublic.org! Passing it on, here's our Airtable of yet more design libraries and resources for building healthy digital spaces: airtable.com/appFioKfXbBx...

Hi @vivekgani.bsky.social. The main difference is timing; Post Guidance (and similar interventions like www.prosocialdesign.org/library/prel...) pop up when users post a comment - giving them an opportunity to rewrite the comment. The interventions in this study are seen before a user enters a feed.

More on those "several RCTs" - conducted on Reddit, Facebook & Nextdoor - here: www.prosocialdesign.org/library/remi...

For others looking for ecologically valid approaches to conduct independent research, some resources:

PDN paper: Independently testing prosocial interventions: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Seven simulated social media testing environments: tinyurl.com/pr4em3e2

Doing so might help improve users' experiences while also fostering healthy pluralism.

Talia Stroud's research on using a "respect" instead of a "like" button gives a sense of how the words we use for reactions can make a difference: www.prosocialdesign.org/library/resp...

work against pluralism by reducing exposure to viewpoints people dislike - even when they value seeing diverse views. Bsky may want to test alternatives to "dislike", for example "not interesting", so they avoid conflating content that people don't want to see with content that they disagree with.

Thanks for calling our attention to Semble, @newpublic.org. What a great use of ATProto to harness expert knowledge!