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Can you explain this to me or link me to it 😅

I always learn from you, thank you for all of your work

All of these pieces (and the literally millions of other words I’ve written on these topics) are freely licensed; you can use them for whatever purpose helps people understand the way these networks work, and how we might make them better.

After being in the belly of one of these giant social platforms for a while, I think the framing in this article is too simplistically black & white. The fundamental challenge is large platforms want lots of people. But people in large groups behave badly as you yourself point out elsewhere.

This article is amazing because it accurately captures the patterns and incentives that show up like clockwork in online communities. This is basically a bible for understanding online communities. Also love the callout that the communities often lack the skills to figure out who’s truly to blame.

Very accurate