Status Signaling
understanding the subtle and interesting ways in which humans signal their status and reputation
sari and
Status Signaling
Openness is a major driver of Evaporative Cooling. If anyone can join your community, then the people most likely to join are those who are below the average quality of your community because they have the most to gain.
The Evaporative Cooling Effect in Social Network : Networks Course blog for INFO 2040/CS 2850/Econ 2040/SOC 2090
Just proved the thesis of this piece - on the endless selfish human desire to signal - in adding this to my sublime nail painting emoji