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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    1. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11

      Does your mental model of human behavior explain the 2000s warez scene? • Competition to leak high profile albums • High risk of prison • Not for profit! • Against rules to share leaks outside The Scene • Not about love for music. They leaked the SpongeBob movie soundtrack

      27 replies 80 retweets 307 likes
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    2. Kevin Kwok‏ @kevinakwok Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      Yes, just need to include social capital in your model!

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    3. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @kevinakwok

      John Backus Retweeted John Backus

      Yes, but even this is a stranger conclusion than you might think. Most leakers only knew each other through online pseudonyms. Addicted, some returned to The Scene and continued to leak anonymouslyhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1006397180356132865 …

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      lol. Just after I tweet this, I turn to the next page and read this. pic.twitter.com/04bHpMsXIt
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    4. Kevin Kwok‏ @kevinakwok Jun 11
      Replying to @backus

      I don't think that diminishes social capital point (can have self-social capital and also non-compounding on identity/brand too). But agree super fascinating! Crazy to me that we have modeled out financial capital out so much. But not social capital

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
      Replying to @kevinakwok

      Oh yeah to be clear, I mainly agree with you and a few others who are saying status or things similar. Part of the interesting conclusion IMO is that it can be social capital/status in the context of ANYTHING. This piece from The Onion comes to mindhttps://www.theonion.com/man-on-internet-almost-falls-into-world-of-diy-mustard-1819571371 …

      9:54 PM - 11 Jun 2018
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        2. Kevin Kwok‏ @kevinakwok Jun 11
          Replying to @backus

          Oh yeah. Know we're totally agreeing! The two most interesting aspects to me of social capital were that it's non fungible and staking Dynamics. But you're bringing up a good third which is it's flexibility in scope.

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        3. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 11
          Replying to @kevinakwok

          Yes. Maybe social capital is a means to another end. Social capital is the best tool (that the brain is wired for) for validating that what you are doing is valued/hard. Once that is fully validated, maybe you need social capital less. Would explain desire to leak anonymously.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. anomalyuk‏ @anomalyuk Jun 15
          Replying to @backus @kevinakwok

          Why do people eat artificial sweeteners? They taste like nutrition. This stuff isn't really social capital, but it tastes like it.

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        5. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 15
          Replying to @anomalyuk @kevinakwok

          Well put

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