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. +