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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At this point I have 16k followers. Know why? It's because I'm EXTREMELY online. I hope I say interesting/funny things, but the main reason is because I spend a lot of time on here. But how often do people see / react to my tweets as if I'm/they're authoritative. Too often.
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In the past, I've tried to come up with examples of people that I would *need* massive followers for functional reasons. Celebrities/Fans? Okay. But let's not pretend that's a social relationship. Politicians/Constituents? Same thing -- and worse, you *DO* want them mediated.
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Activists/Activists? Yes. But, I think celebrity activists may degrade activist itself so...(when I read
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Assuming you buy my argument, why is this a thing on twitter? Why don't they create a ceiling if they are interested in "health metrics?" My guess? By the almighty powerlaw, guess who generates most of the engagements?
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Replying to @generativist @zeynep
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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don't be. that's good feedback for me to communicate better.
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Replying to @generativist
Nah, you were clear I went back and re-read. I was reading too fast.
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Replying to @Orwelian84
I do that a lot ;)
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