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> personalities trying to invent rules upon rules on their little kingdom is really not conducive to spontaneous socialisation

Seems like a neglected area of research in UX/UI - perhaps an opportunity for a good PhD or Masters: To what extent do software paradigms enable/inhibit pathological/virtuous personality traits?

And no - not all software is a "neutral" blank canvas. Behaviours cluster around latent or implied structures. Designers imprint their own values on code, perhaps even unconsciously.



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