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Resin is a Pixelfed client designed to minimize the chance the user will use it
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unhealthily. In other words, this app practices
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[ethical anti-design](https://njms.ca/posts/ethical-anti-design.html). The way
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it does this is by avoiding dark patterns like infinite scrolling and
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putting obstacles in place to minimize the risk of the user taking unhealthy
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actions that are otherwise unavoidable.
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## Goal
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The goal of this project is to create a model for what social media could look
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like were it not designed to be addictive. The Fediverse, not being dependent
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on ad revenue, shouldn't need to capitalize on people's attention. Still, many
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of the apps we use to interact with the Fediverse use the same dark patterns
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developed by companies that do. While these dark patterns may seem like industry
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standards, we have no need to follow them. This project seeks to demonstrate
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the different ways to go about doing that.
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## Building
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This project is written in React Native and built using Expo.
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Here are the steps to build it yourself:
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```
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$ git clone https://github.com/natjms/resin # Clone the repository
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$ npm install # Install the dependencies
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$ expo start # start the development server
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```
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# Contributing
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This project is still extremely early in development; however, contributions
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are still more than welcome. If you're interested in helping out, the easiest
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way to get started would be to contact
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[the project maintainer](https://social.njms.ca/nat) who would be more than
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happy to talk to you about it.
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