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Written by Arthur Jensen — Nov 2nd 2023

Designing a Social Network for Psychopaths

An interactive storytelling class assignment where students create a social network for a psychopathic character of their choice.
Illustration depicting a social network for psychopaths.
Illustration depicting a social network for psychopaths.
Our Social Network

Josh is a 35-year old stock broker who lives in an apartment located on the northside of Chicago. He is single and unable to form any meaningful and authentic relationships at work. Josh is an eccentric attention-seeking psycho path, which means he gets attention by doing strange actions.Josh uses a social network on the dark web to gain followers by pushing the boundaries of what he can eat and consume. Fueled by his need to feel seen, he doesn’t care what he needs to eat, as long as it ends with massive amounts of views. Josh joined this community and started out by eating small pieces of rotten food for a couple dollars. As time passed he realized big ticket items were easy to get views on. As the views racked up, Josh became more and more willing to put horrid things into his body. It didn’t matter what happened to him, as long as the views rolled in. His addiction to the numbers land him in the hospital where he sees one last big ticket offer.