@danilo just encountered this thread but: the thing they shipped doesn't make people safer. it gives users a feature they've been asking for that makes them *feel* safer.

Not necessarily a criticism btw. It's interesting to me that when this kinda thing is proposed in the Masto/fedi ecosystem, the response is "yeah but it doesn't WORK it just tricks people into having a sense of safety."

imo it can be ok to design for sense of safety as long as you work to ensure real safety at the same time