Reinforcement drift: The extremely online phenomenon where frequent interaction partner positive reinforcement shifts your attention and inevitably your expressions over time in a way that's largely imperceivable absent active comparisons to yesteryou's.
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Replying to @generativist
A bit hard to get this
So you're saying, more positive feedback means more influence?1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Nuelsitanggang
I'm saying that sometimes you fail to notice that your audience is changing slowly and you're changing by...almost optimizing to what they like. So you don't notice when it deviates from you because the drift is slow.
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Replying to @generativist
Ah I see. What does social network hygiene means? Does it mean that we should have small circle of friends?
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I'm still trying to figure it out, honestly. I'm writing stuff to allow muting/blocking/unfollowing in a more systematic way. Muting keywords/phrases is really useful. And I want better active discovery, too. Stay tuned!
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