Biology

• Status Play: Avoid manipulating emotions by creating urgency through envy, conformity, elitism and money.
• Comparison: Avoid comparison between the user and elites, especially with female users.
• Exclusion: Avoid alienating users through FOMO and polarization.
• Values & Boundaries: Guard the user’s self esteem and identity.

CBT Distortions

• Polarization: Seeing things in extreme, absolute terms without considering the middle ground.
• Overgeneralization: Drawing broad conclusions based on a single event or a few isolated incidents.
• Jumping to Conclusions: Making assumptions about situations or people without sufficient evidence.
• Emotional Reasoning: Believing that your emotions reflect reality.
• Labeling: Avoiding negative labeling based on specific behaviors or making sweeping character judgments from isolated incidents is essential.
• Always Being Right: Insisting on being right in every situation and refusing to consider alternative viewpoints.
• Fallacy of Fairness: The belief that life should always be fair, just, or equitable, and that any instance of perceived unfairness is intolerable.

Biases

• Fundamental Attribution Error
• Confirmation Bias
• Perception Bias
• Conformity Bias
• Illusory Truth Effect

Circ’s Principles

• Disclaimer: Display risks of biases and distortions for illusive interactions that are unavoidable.

Mental Health

• Chronic Stress: Avoid repetitive stimulation using outrage.
• Chronic Anxiety: Avoid the state of uncertainty and provide reassurance.