1/ A General Pattern: 1. Person sees my feed; 2. They like my stuff and follow; 3. I see the follow; 4. I visit their page; 5. I like what their content and retweet it; 6. I follow them.
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2/ A specific consequence: The probability of someone seeing your feed is a non-linear function of your follower count. The social network does the information processing via homophily and preferential attachment.
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3/ Like, it's always weird when someone complements what I curate (when non-shitposting). I *am* flattered because: ego. But then I remember how I'm basically just the final filter in the process, and it says less about me than it does twitter's architecture.
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