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GCU-Empiricist on March 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Someone bought my Twitter account 10K fake/bot fol...

Status signaling which is part of how Twitter acquires it's resource base (users).

loceng on March 30, 2018 [–]

True, it's a solidly proven game mechanic that taps into feeding the ego mind - not inherently bad, however can be out of balance, "constantly on" or made prominent vs. simply a tool in a toolkit.

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