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This is insightful, but it's more complicated than that. In the same way that people with money find it easier to make more money, people with social influence
by dTal 6y ago
This is insightful, but it's more complicated than that.
In the same way that people with money find it easier to make more money, people with social influence can leverage that to obtain more social influence. It's a positive feedback loop. The "multiplier" is never 1.
- XorNot 6y agoBut that's the point: social influence is meant to be what free speech levels the playing field for. Can you persuade others to repeat and defend your ideas and influence them, and idea value is provided in part by how many other people are talking about it. With automated bots, fake accounts etc the attempt is to create this illusion.