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It’s a meta signal. You can observe the “shallow” signaling of others (for lack of a better word) and it becomes a signal in and of itself.
by whalesalad 7y ago
It’s a meta signal. You can observe the “shallow” signaling of others (for lack of a better word) and it becomes a signal in and of itself.
- floatrock 7y agoThe only winning move is not to play. But even by quoting that, I'm still playing (albeit by attempting to jump out into the meta game). So the only ones who are actually not playing are the ones who are clicking away from this vapid comment page and moving on with their lives.
- pm90 7y agoYou're right. Every form of communication indicates signalling, you're literally sending signals from one entity to another. The only way to stop signalling is to stop communication between entities.
- postsantum 7y agoDeleting facebook is a signal. Abandoning social life altogether is a signal too. I believe the only way to stop is to generate white noise - by sending signals so mixed that those who observe stop trusting them
- mosburger 7y agoI'm sorta reminded of the Onion article from years ago, "Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own a Television": https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-televisi-1819565469 https://www.theonion.com/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-d... Area man doesn't signal.