Internet friends, plz to share your stories/examples of counter-countersignaling?
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I think this tweet of mine is an example.
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Recent reactions made me to add a line to bio. I recommend you do too. Us thought leaders must manage expectations.
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Can you articulate the hierarchy? What's the natural low-quality state, signal, countersignal, and counter-countersignal?
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no bragging, unironic bragging, humble-bragging, ironic bragging
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OK I'm on board. I think irony/humor muddles the levels a bit, but conceptually there are four
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Levels 3 and 4 (C, C^2) will always have element of irony/humor, no? Otherwise level 3 esp will end up being actual opposition
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Irony helps, but don't think it's necessary. Just (1) expectation to signal at level N, + (2) confidence you won't be mistaken for N-1
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There's a point at which the stack is jenga-high and you can't keep track, so it's instinctive language that blurs levels a bit
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I think there may be a variable being ignored here: low familiarity to intimacy. Seems weird to call intimate comms 'signaling'
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