N=250. As I suspect, the idea of people paying for "community" is highly suspect. People pay for content.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/833067121626091520 …
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the main paid community I can think of is something awful, which is very shameful and low status I think
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Replying to @literalbanana @vgr
like paying for friends (fraternities/sororities/religious institutions have to carefully obscure this aspect)
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Replying to @literalbanana @vgr
interesting observations (& overall angle of inquiry) as someone who wishes it was as simple as paying for friends.
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feel like obscurity filters around communities work in several different ways, so it's both economic & cultural.
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@literalbanana@vgr also employment can sometimes be conceptualized as trading labor for friends.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
for those who don't need the work to actually live, and secretly detest coworkers, which is many people
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Replying to @vgr @literalbanana
yeah, definitely not universal. Thinking of situations where it might tip balance for people who can choose btwn jobs.
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