Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy
by MikeGale on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:37AM
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There are different audiences out there and the "metrics" reflect some of them but not others.
Simplified version.
Type 1: Think that metrics (followers, friends, likes, reposts...) have meaning. Pursue that meaning. Have no effective moral structure. Maybe are dumb.
Type 2: Don't care about metrics. Find a way to get something that they actually like out of the systems. Have some moral structure.
Much discussion assumes that all users are dominated by their Type 1 side. Type 2's are invisible to the analyst.
Me I say. If everybody is genuinely Type 1 it's time to can "Project Mankind" and start again. Fortunately I know that there are Type 2's out there.
Simplified version.
Type 1: Think that metrics (followers, friends, likes, reposts...) have meaning. Pursue that meaning. Have no effective moral structure. Maybe are dumb.
Type 2: Don't care about metrics. Find a way to get something that they actually like out of the systems. Have some moral structure.
Much discussion assumes that all users are dominated by their Type 1 side. Type 2's are invisible to the analyst.
Me I say. If everybody is genuinely Type 1 it's time to can "Project Mankind" and start again. Fortunately I know that there are Type 2's out there.