I don't have a brilliant memory, so once in a while I forget who I'm talking to. Currently there's a counter that tells you how many posts someone shared of you. But I think we can do more with this.

I had a conversation once with mk where I proposed something like the following:

A sort of indicator (doesn't matter what, it could be their name changing colors in a heat-map, a little climbing bar graph, a number on a scale, etc) that goes up slightly when you reply to someone. It would either be their name or be near it.

That's all. Over time it would go back down at some point.

Basically it just sort of let's you know if you've chosen to interact with this person before, and to what degree slightly...sort of like "Hey, I've met you before"

I thought it would be interesting in that it might alter the dynamic a bit. Give you a slight pause before you either ignore them and move on or engage with them.

I sort of like doing the "hard work" of remembering who I've interacted with because if you build a connection this way it is more solid, but this idea intrigued me.