From aba8d186cc591ad808c46a7998f4f096fd960c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Stull Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:55:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Propose: Agency & Anti-Manipulation On-behalf-of: Ben Stull --- rfcs/agency-anti-manipulation.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rfcs/agency-anti-manipulation.md diff --git a/rfcs/agency-anti-manipulation.md b/rfcs/agency-anti-manipulation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89517d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/rfcs/agency-anti-manipulation.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +slug: agency-anti-manipulation +title: Agency & Anti-Manipulation +state: super-draft +id: null +repo: null +proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org +proposed_at: '2026-06-01' +graduated_at: null +graduated_by: null +owners: +- ben.stull +arbiters: [] +tags: +- ethics +--- + +A Human's Agency is only real if the platform refrains from manipulating the choices it presents. This RFC draws the line between legitimate persuasion and manipulation — no dark patterns, no drip pricing, no manufactured urgency, no lock-in disguised as a reward — as a first-class commitment derived from RFC-0001's Agency. It is the most direct expression of building for humans rather than for extraction. +