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half-baked* hot take: wei's status-as-a-service is a boomer theory that is becoming increasingly outdated *not high, just writing stream of consciousness yes, status-seeking behavior will always play a role in social media but it should not be the foundation upon which we build the future. as we grasp social media's psychological impact (a la haidt re: mental health issues, addictions, misinformation, etc), user behaviors and motivations will evolve against it. they already are. there's growing preference for intentional disconnection (opal, ~40% of users take digital detoxes), niche community platforms (substack, tyb), ephemeral content (bereal, stories), and private forms of sharing (locket, snapchat; dark social makes up 80% of outbound sharing). 88% of social users cite connecting with friends as their top motivation. what's the top reason for internet friendship? shared interests. and what matters far more than likes or followers in shared interest communities? quality and depth of content. wdyt?

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> 88% of social users cite connecting with friends as their top motivation. is citing the same as stating, because...

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the original draft had “something something stated vs revealed” right after that stat but had to cut due to character constraints and now i regret that point is that status seeking will still exist among friendships and shared interest communities, but that type of status isn’t likes and follows Eugene referenced (which makes sense in a theory about general social media dynamics, but not internet communities) for instance, research found that in certain niche tech communities on twitter, the quality and technical depth of someone's tweets were more important status indicators and that in some subreddits, users with lower karma but who provided unique, valuable contributions were often more respected than those with high karma. ideal world is merging both the status seeking behavior and the community behavior; if your ML can translate likes / follows / algos to the more nuanced, context-dependent “status signals” aforementioned but focusing only on likes / follows is a losing strategy (imo)

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friendships = messaging apps, a bit of instagram stories interests = ...?

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can you be more explicit about the question that you’re asking or the point that you’re making? i don’t want to assume and reply to the wrong premise

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My point is different networks play different games. Broadcast networks are almost always about status, followed by monetization (indirect or direct). So if you think status is dumb / not a game worth playing, then you should design / build products that don't play those games.

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