Status Signaling
understanding the subtle and interesting ways in which humans signal their status and reputation
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Status Signaling
Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Culture: An Owner's Manualculture.ghost.io
Twitter Blue feels like a missed revenue opportunity.
People don't pay for features. They pay for social capital and status signaling.
Twitter could 10x the monetization potential of this by adding things like paid verifications, badges and profile page cosmetics.
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