Is it the idea or the person?

24 hours ago @balajis.eth suggested using mods and NFTs to enhance Farcaster. A mere mention and now there’s a live working group motivated to tackle it. If a rando shared it, would it have inspired so much action? Probably not. The true effect of “influencers”. We are influenced.

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why do we call people who say nothing of substance influencers?

not talking about balaji... but rather, people with a large following that's all quantity over quality, who say nothing of substance 

influence & influencer seem to be two different things

Evangelizing Incentives That Combine Self Interest With Collective Benefit & A Few Other Things I'm Still Trying To Figure Out

I started typing “I agree, “influencer” as we know it is different than one who influences”, but I actually think that our default psychology sees large followers as a signal for expertise. And therefore they influence us. This assumption not be accurate, or a pessimistic, wrong take on society.