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> If neither of us refrain, the numbers become increasingly meaningless and we're left with no way to demonstrate our credibility. I disagree. It simply means
by wdr1 12y ago
> If neither of us refrain, the numbers become increasingly meaningless and we're left with no way to demonstrate our credibility.
I disagree. It simply means that raw follower count is no longer a usable metric to determine credibility.
There's still tons of other signals that could be harvest. Like PageRank, it seems like a better system would understand the value of each follower (instead of just counting followers/links).
- SilasX 12y ago>I disagree. It simply means that raw follower count is no longer a usable metric to determine credibility. But that is still a PD-type social cost: everyone loses from the fact that you have one less measurement channel than you could have.
- apta 12y agoI don't know why you're being downvoted, what you said sounds very reasonable.
- _greim_ 12y agoI probably should have worded it as: > If neither of us refrain, the numbers become increasingly meaningless and we're left with one less way to demonstrate our credibility.