Consight

Inspiration

Social media algorithms choose what we see. Their main goal is always to keep us online longer, but this is often not the best for our mental health. Content that goes viral might not necessarily be content that actually enriches us, thus the need to have better control over our feeds arises.

What it does

Our tool aims to provide users with analytical insights into their online content consumption patterns. By highlighting potential harmful content and revealing the diversity (or lack thereof) in the information they engage with, the tool empowers users to become more aware of the digital environments they inhabit.

Challenges we ran into

Real-World Implementation Barriers: Justifying the development and operational costs of such a feature poses a substantial challenge, especially within companies whose primary focus is often user retention and revenue maximization, metrics potentially at odds with viewpoint diversity. Defining and Measuring Content quality markers: Identifying robust, meaningful metrics to quantify the harmful effects of content and reliably collecting the necessary data is a complex process.

What's next for Consight

Investigating potential business models or value propositions that could incentivize platforms to adopt such features.

Built With

• figma