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Signaling on the Internet
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- Similarly, signaling pre and post-internet evolves too. Pre-internet signaling was all about IRL flashiness (a Louis Vuitton bag) while post-internet signaling is about digitally-native flashiness (a Cryptopunk NFT).
from The Hunter Economy by Erik Torenberg
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And so money itself is also becoming a really confusing signal. Because you see all these fake influencers who have rented time in a parked private jet to make it look like they’re in a private jet. Or bragging about all this lifestyle that’s not real. And so if everyone’s over-signaling, I think it’s also devaluing all signals.
from How the internet changed culture — and what it means by Dan Frommer
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