@St_Rev I just noticed that it's the same distinction as what counts as hearsay (offered to demonstrate truth of matter asserted)
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@St_Rev behaviors are harder to classify this way because signaling behaviors are sposta be communicative...hm. -
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev signaling is like metadata -
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev if people are unaware of it, it's accurate. But when they want to it's often easy to fake -
@drethelin@St_Rev ok attending one's child's sporting event and rooting enthusiastically despite being aware one is bored & annoyed? -
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev "I care eneigh to pretend I like this" -
@drethelin@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev caring enough that you pretend to like something is valuable -
@cwage@drethelin@St_Rev totally agree - most "signaling" is probably valuable in the sense that it's hard to create meaning without it
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