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Personal TL;DR this article interprets social media from two axies, utility and social capital. Fundemetal assumption being here that people seek both and if th
by trash_cat 2y ago
Personal TL;DR this article interprets social media from two axies, utility and social capital. Fundemetal assumption being here that people seek both and if that is the case you can apply economic rules to it to understand how they operate. Hence they provide Social Status as a Service (StaaS).
High social status + High Utility = High Entertainment.
> if you want control of your own happiness, don’t tie it to someone else’s scoreboard.
- johnisgood 2y ago> if you want control of your own happiness, don’t tie it to someone else’s scoreboard. A variation of this is as old as philosophy itself.
- damnitbuilds 2y agoA variation of this is as old as Monty Python itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QereR0CViMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QereR0CViMY