A very interesting article by @eugenewei about social capital and how social networks tap into our need to compete and feel somewhat better than the rest.
We are now in late-stage performative Twitter, where nearly every tweet is hungry as hell for favorites and retweets, and everyone is a trained pundit or comedian. It's hot takes and cool proverbs all the way down. The harmless status update Twitter was a less thirsty scene but also not much of a business (…)a social network should continue to prioritize distribution for the best content, whatever the definition of ...
