Even though the relevant information is cheap and not reliable, information unraveling is partly responsible for holiness spirals.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
If you receive a signal that surprises you, consider the costs to the sender of not sending that signal.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
The more widely a signal is adopted, the less it differentiates (& often becomes less costly) - it must intensify to retain informativeness.
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So in summary it's a two-step process: spreading (information unraveling) and subsequent intensification.
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Possible solutions: keep signals costly, countersignaling spiral, uncoolness/jeering, what else?
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@sarahdoingthing important subtype of costliness: celibacy1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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@simplic10 yes - both for religious (monks & nuns) and teenage girls
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