Said differently, social proof affords some people exceptional agenda setting power. They become cultural Schelling points. Social network architectures tend to render such dynamics concrete -- and, very often, pathologically sclerotic.https://twitter.com/generativist/status/1173988670669377536 …
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What if the platform by mediating the connections between users allows for previously ephemeral connections to remain firmer allowing for higher throughput in a given large scale collection of humans? Memes need connections, if not by voice or book, why not by tweet?
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I'm not sure I understand. I do think it makes them firmer and enables higher throughput.
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All of these things are why I like my little corner of Twitter and have not really tried to increase it in any serious way. If I get attention, sure, but... mass followings do not seem to be healthy for the people who have them.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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