It looks like a conspiracy, but I think it's a natural byproduct of human social behavior. I find myself engaging in it from time to time. Hypocritically, when I recognize it in my feed however, I find it off-putting.
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There is a Twitter equivalent of the "citation-ring" whereby high follower accounts retweet each other to cement their reputations and exchange and build followers.pic.twitter.com/7XSFJuif8h
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Source for original tweet:https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120742/what-is-it-called-when-authors-trade-citations …
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