Status Signaling

Social proof is one of the most powerful features in social products and yet is massively under-utilized by almost all social platforms. Let’s explore some ways that Twitter successfully uses social proof and some ways they fall very short Thread👇🧵

I find NFTs that evolve as you progress towards a goal more interesting because they tap on one's hard work & skill, vs one's wealth / being early at a drop. Similar to how in WoW expensive transmogs gave you clout, but the real clout was in hard achievements

You can unbundle the education and the network, but the hardest part about universities to unbundle is the prestige You know who also has prestige? Tesla. Apple. Google. A startup should create a "university in a box" and sell it to companies w/ prestige looking to train & hire