Status as a Service
Eugene Wei explores the concept of status as a service in social networks, discussing how humans are hardwired to seek status and how networks create a status game to engage users. He explains the mechanisms behind the growth and decline of social networks and the role of status tokens like likes and follows.In this clip
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Why do humans care about status as discussed in the episode 552: Will Storr | Understanding Social Position and the Status Game and the clip Status and Connection?
Why do people prioritize social status as discussed in the episode 902: Michael Easter | Rewiring Your Scarcity Brain in a World of Excess and the clip The Power of Status?
Why do people prioritize social status as discussed in the episode #580: Why People Do (Or Don't) Listen to You and the clip Status Signals, as well as in the episode 902: Michael Easter | Rewiring Your Scarcity Brain in a World of Excess and the clip The Power of Status?