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social media posting dynamics: * micro-dopamine hits from likes are the primary motivator * attention spans are wildly overtaxed * goal: maximize likes and m
by fatherzine 3y ago
social media posting dynamics:
* micro-dopamine hits from likes are the primary motivator
* attention spans are wildly overtaxed
* goal: maximize likes and minimize effort
* maximize likes: focus on people on your team, ignore everyone else
* minimize effort: use terse sloganized shibboleths, similar to sports and marketing. "let's go cowboys"
* fin
- jowea 3y ago* Bullet points make it easier to read for some reason
- soupfordummies 3y agoOne of my favorite parts of the Death Stranding (before my overtaxed attention span led to me abandoning it for another game) was that "Likes" were the actual currency in the world
- jstarfish 3y agoThey're not currency, they're your score. Ultimately meaningless since it's not like you could buy anything with them. I suspect that at most it influences your weight on the social graph.