I think this could be a really good direction, but it still seems unviable for implementing it in social media. Especially because it would drive user turnaround down, so many users would leave the site if they felt it was too much of a commitment to be able to use the full functionality of the site. I don't think any capitalistic social media site would realistically implement this unless they were forced to by the government or something. Maybe this idea should be iterated on a little bit, but it is a good start!

The modern world offers us pre-established, standardized versions of complex values that we care about, such as education and truth. The allure of these simplified versions lies in the crisp, clear sense of objective success they provide. However, in outsourcing our process of value deliberation to external systems like Twitter and Facebook, we run the risk of sacrificing our autonomy and individuality. The social feedback loop on these platforms can create a game-like pleasure that is easily hijacked by sub-communities, leading to strange and dangerous outcomes, as evidenced by the rise of QAnon. We must be cautious in allowing external systems to dictate our values and stand firm in establishing our own sense of worth and purpose.

This paragraph really elicited something deep from within me that I have felt since I was younger. I think as women, we are conditioned to not only be perfect in self-improvement as our male counterparts (i.e. as in academics, athletics, spirituality, etc) but we also have to be the most physically conventionally attractive we can be, not for us, but for the male gaze. When we are younger, we are told we aren't beautiful because of baby face and have to wear make up (which in itself is so abhorrent to think about because why are literal children being sexualized for the male gaze?), but then as we grow older we are told we are no longer in our prime when no one would hold men to the same physical standards of beauty and desire. When women are no longer considered "desirable" by conventionally physical standards due to just naturally aging the same as men do, our patriarchal society sees them as useless and no longer worthy. Whereas for men, it means they have "aged like fine wine" even though they look like a dried out raisin when they're older (the same as anyone would!!). I genuinely think that social media's beauty standards of women has only been further ingrained and globalized in an over-arching patriarchal presence of wanting to be desirable for the male gaze and fulfill a vapid and fruitless satisfaction of what predatory parts of our culture expect of young women.