Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Norms

Engineers don't make public squares. People do (cpf.sh)
Recreating a positive #socialmedia experience needs complex, #interdisciplinary work. It's not enough to just be technically better on the #Fediverse: we have to change social norms, too, if we're to have any hope of abating the enshittification.
Social Media, Social Norms, Technology, Design
9 points by PaulHoule 8 days ago | 0 comments
Calling Strangers Uncle and Auntie (solmaz.io)
Cultures can be categorized across many axes, and one of them is whether you can call an older male stranger uncle or female stranger auntie.
Culture, Social Norms, Anthropology
16 points by hosolmaz 31 days ago | 19 comments
Why don't more women choose to propose to their male partners? (theconversation.com)
The Christmas period isn’t just for presents, sparkling lights and too much festive food – it’s also prime time for couples to get engaged. And for heterosexual couples, this is likely to happen in a specific way. The man will do the asking.
Gender Roles, Marriage Proposals, Social Norms
7 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 3 comments
Why do we kiss? 'I am not sure we have anything close to an explanation' (theguardian.com)
We do it sitting in a tree, under the mistletoe, at midnight to ring in the new year. In fairytales, the act transforms frogs into princes and awakens heroines from enchanted slumber. We make up with it, seal with it, and – in Romeo Montague’s case at least – die with it.
Human Behavior, Social Norms, Cultural Practices, Anthropology
7 points by n1b0m 82 days ago | 1 comments
Explaining Falling Birth Rates (daviddfriedman.substack.com)
One possible explanation is changes in norms and legal rules that make mate search more difficult. An example is a norm against dating fellow employees and a stronger norm against dating someone who has authority over you or you have some authority over.
Demographics, Social Norms, Relationships, Family, Work
14 points by paulpauper 130 days ago | 21 comments
Law of Jante (wikipedia.org)
Social Norms, Culture, Scandinavia, Sociology, Philosophy
10 points by yamrzou 204 days ago | 4 comments
Some Americans have stopped tipping. Should you do the same? (dallasnews.com)
Tipping, Social Norms, Economics, Consumer Behavior
42 points by Anon84 264 days ago | 108 comments