rational discourse toolbox

app/community/routes.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from random import randint
+
 from flask import redirect, url_for, flash, request, make_response, session, Markup, current_app, abort, g, json
 from flask_login import current_user, login_required
 from flask_babel import _
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ from app.community.util import search_for_community, community_url_exists, actor
     opengraph_parse, url_to_thumbnail_file, save_post, save_icon_file, save_banner_file, send_to_remote_instance
 from app.constants import SUBSCRIPTION_MEMBER, SUBSCRIPTION_OWNER, POST_TYPE_LINK, POST_TYPE_ARTICLE, POST_TYPE_IMAGE, \
     SUBSCRIPTION_PENDING, SUBSCRIPTION_MODERATOR
+from app.inoculation import inoculation
 from app.models import User, Community, CommunityMember, CommunityJoinRequest, CommunityBan, Post, \
     File, PostVote, utcnow, Report, Notification, InstanceBlock, ActivityPubLog
 from app.community import bp
@@ -159,7 +162,8 @@ def show_community(community: Community):
                            next_url=next_url, prev_url=prev_url, low_bandwidth=request.cookies.get('low_bandwidth', '0') == '1',
                            rss_feed=f"https://{current_app.config['SERVER_NAME']}/community/{community.link()}/feed", rss_feed_name=f"{community.title} posts on PieFed",
                            content_filters=content_filters, moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()), sort=sort)
+                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()), sort=sort,
+                           inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
 
 
 # RSS feed of the community
@@ -448,8 +452,9 @@ def add_post(actor):
 
     return render_template('community/add_post.html', title=_('Add post to community'), form=form, community=community,
                            images_disabled=images_disabled, markdown_editor=True, low_bandwidth=request.cookies.get('low_bandwidth', '0') == '1',
-                            moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                            joined_communities = joined_communities(current_user.id)
+                           moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
+                           joined_communities = joined_communities(current_user.id,
+                           inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
     )
 
 

app/inoculation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+inoculation = [
+    {
+        'id': 'anti-cult',
+        'title': 'Cults',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'What is groupthink?',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Groupthink'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Cult recovery resources',
+                'href': 'https://culteducation.com/directory-of-cult-recovery-resources.html'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Leaving and Recovering from Cultic Groups',
+                'href': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzFjuqJ6Ngk'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Cult recovery resources',
+                'href': 'https://culteducation.com/directory-of-cult-recovery-resources.html'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'The dark side of upvotes',
+                'href': 'https://gnet-research.org/2020/11/25/upvoting-extremism-collective-identity-formation-and-the-extreme-right-on-reddit/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Signs of high-control groups',
+                'href': 'https://secularliturgies.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/the-25-signs-youre-in-a-high-control-group-or-cult-by-anastasia-somerville-wong/'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'alt-right-pipeline',
+        'title': 'Alt-right pipeline',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'How to Radicalize a Normie',
+                'href': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'How Fascism Works',
+                'href': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCKkWMbmXU'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'The brainwashing of my dad',
+                'href': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNTsTOcRO-k'
+            },
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'media-literacy',
+        'title': 'Media literacy',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'Media Literacy series',
+                'href': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXf0F4GYzWQ&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtM6jSpzb5gMNsx9kdmqBfmY&index=4'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'News Literacy Project: be a smart, active consumer of information',
+                'href': 'https://newslit.org/for-everyone/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Framing',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Framing'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Media bias',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Media#Media_bias'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Confirmation bias',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias'
+            },
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'deradicalisation',
+        'title': 'Deredicalisation',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'Getting out of QAnon',
+                'href': 'https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/18/1987473/-QAnon-is-a-Nazi-Cult-Helping-Friends-Get-Out'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Life After Hate',
+                'href': 'https://www.lifeafterhate.org/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'QAnon Casualties wiki',
+                'href': 'https://www.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/wiki/resources/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Escaping the rabbit hole',
+                'href': 'https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/01/a-skeptical-guide-through-the-conspiracy-rabbit-hole/'
+            },
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'cognitive-biases',
+        'title': 'Cognitive biases',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'List of cognitive biases',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Logical fallacies',
+                'href': 'https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy'
+            },
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'fact-check',
+        'title': 'How to fact-check',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'https://utopia.ut.edu/FakeNews/factcheck',
+                'href': 'https://utopia.ut.edu/FakeNews/factcheck'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/explorer',
+                'href': 'https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck/explorer'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'https://www.factcheck.org/',
+                'href': 'https://www.factcheck.org/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'https://newslit.org/educators/resources/is-it-legit/',
+                'href': 'https://newslit.org/educators/resources/is-it-legit/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Spot fake news',
+                'href': 'https://www.searchenginejournal.com/fake-news-vs-real-news/459719/'
+            },
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 'misinformation',
+        'title': 'Misinformation & disinformation',
+        'description': '',
+        'links': [
+            {
+                'title': 'Covid-19 misinfo',
+                'href': 'https://namle.net/slowing-the-infodemic-how-to-spot-covid-19-misinformation/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Conspiracy theory handbook',
+                'href': 'https://skepticalscience.com/docs/ConspiracyTheoryHandbook.pdf'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Psychology of conspiracy beliefs',
+                'href': 'https://conspiracypsychology.com/'
+            },
+            {
+                'title': 'Firehose of falsehood',
+                'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood'
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+]

app/main/routes.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from math import log
+from random import randint
 
 from sqlalchemy.sql.operators import or_
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from app import db, cache
 from app.activitypub.util import default_context, make_image_sizes_async, refresh_user_profile
 from app.constants import SUBSCRIPTION_PENDING, SUBSCRIPTION_MEMBER, POST_TYPE_IMAGE, POST_TYPE_LINK, \
     SUBSCRIPTION_OWNER, SUBSCRIPTION_MODERATOR
+from app.inoculation import inoculation
 from app.main import bp
 from flask import g, session, flash, request, current_app, url_for, redirect, make_response, jsonify
 from flask_moment import moment
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ def home_page(type, sort):
                            description=shorten_string(markdown_to_text(g.site.sidebar), 150),
                            content_filters=content_filters, type=type, sort=sort,
                            moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()))
+                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
+                           inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
 
 
 @bp.route('/topics', methods=['GET'])

app/post/routes.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+from random import randint
 
 from flask import redirect, url_for, flash, current_app, abort, request, g, make_response
 from flask_login import login_user, logout_user, current_user, login_required
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from app import db, constants
 from app.activitypub.signature import HttpSignature, post_request
 from app.activitypub.util import default_context
 from app.community.util import save_post, send_to_remote_instance
+from app.inoculation import inoculation
 from app.post.forms import NewReplyForm, ReportPostForm, MeaCulpaForm
 from app.community.forms import CreatePostForm
 from app.post.util import post_replies, get_comment_branch, post_reply_count
@@ -174,7 +176,8 @@ def show_post(post_id: int):
                            etag=f"{post.id}{sort}_{hash(post.last_active)}", markdown_editor=True,
                            low_bandwidth=request.cookies.get('low_bandwidth', '0') == '1', SUBSCRIPTION_MEMBER=SUBSCRIPTION_MEMBER,
                            moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id())
+                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
+                           inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)]
                            )
 
 
@@ -360,7 +363,8 @@ def continue_discussion(post_id, comment_id):
 
     return render_template('post/continue_discussion.html', title=_('Discussing %(title)s', title=post.title), post=post,
                            is_moderator=is_moderator, comment=comment, replies=replies, markdown_editor=True, moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()), community=post.community)
+                           joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()), community=post.community,
+                           inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
 
 
 @bp.route('/post/<int:post_id>/comment/<int:comment_id>/reply', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@@ -518,7 +522,8 @@ def add_reply(post_id: int, comment_id: int):
         return render_template('post/add_reply.html', title=_('Discussing %(title)s', title=post.title), post=post,
                                is_moderator=is_moderator, form=form, comment=in_reply_to, markdown_editor=True,
                                moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                               joined_communities = joined_communities(current_user.id))
+                               joined_communities = joined_communities(current_user.id),
+                               inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
 
 
 @bp.route('/post/<int:post_id>/options', methods=['GET'])
@@ -654,7 +659,8 @@ def post_edit(post_id: int):
             return render_template('post/post_edit.html', title=_('Edit post'), form=form, post=post,
                                    images_disabled=images_disabled, markdown_editor=True,
                                    moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                                   joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id())
+                                   joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
+                                   inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)]
                                    )
     else:
         abort(401)
@@ -983,7 +989,8 @@ def post_reply_edit(post_id: int, comment_id: int):
             form.notify_author.data = post_reply.notify_author
             return render_template('post/post_reply_edit.html', title=_('Edit comment'), form=form, post=post, post_reply=post_reply,
                                    comment=comment, markdown_editor=True, moderating_communities=moderating_communities(current_user.get_id()),
-                                   joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()))
+                                   joined_communities=joined_communities(current_user.get_id()),
+                                   inoculation=inoculation[randint(0, len(inoculation) - 1)])
     else:
         abort(401)
 

app/static/structure.css

@@ -953,4 +953,8 @@ fieldset legend {
   font-style: italic;
 }
 
+.list-group-item:first-child {
+  padding-top: 0;
+}
+
 /*# sourceMappingURL=structure.css.map */

app/static/structure.scss

@@ -621,3 +621,7 @@ fieldset {
     font-style: italic;
   }
 }
+
+.list-group-item:first-child {
+  padding-top: 0;
+}

app/templates/_inoculation_links.html

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{% if inoculation %}
+<div class="card mt-3">
+    <div class="card-header">
+         <h2 title="These links aim to encourage mindful and informed discussions rooted in awareness, critical thinking, and the well-being of the community.">{{ _('Rational Discourse Toolkit') }}</h2>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card-body">
+        <h4>{{ inoculation['title'] }}</h4>
+        {% if inoculation['description'] %}<p>{{ inoculation['description'] }}</p>{% endif %}
+        {% if inoculation['links'] %}
+        <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
+            {% for link in inoculation['links'] %}
+                <li class="list-group-item">
+                    <a href="{{ link['href'] }}">{{ link['title'] }}</a>
+                </li>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </ul>
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
+</div>
+{% endif %}

app/templates/community/add_post.html

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
                 {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 {% endblock %}

app/templates/community/community.html

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         {% endif %}
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 <div class="row">

app/templates/index.html

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
                 </p>
             </div>
         </div>
+
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 {% endblock %}

app/templates/post/add_reply.html

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         {% endif %}
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 

app/templates/post/continue_discussion.html

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         {% endif %}
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 

app/templates/post/post.html

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         {% endif %}
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>
 

app/templates/post/post_edit.html

@@ -127,5 +127,6 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
+    {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}

app/templates/post/post_reply_edit.html

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         {% endif %}
+        {% include "_inoculation_links.html" %}
     </div>
 </div>