jk I'm all about that bread @danishcookies@computerfairi.es

@Wewereseeds@organizing.social This is just my opinion as an anarchist

@Wewereseeds@organizing.social Believe one carrying monetary/influential power over others to "use it for the great of good" is a liberal (and red liberal) fantasy. No one is immune to corruption, if they themselves haven't been a wolf in sheep clothing from the start.

@Wewereseeds@organizing.social Additionally this is not a mutual and equal relationship as how you made it sound. The relations between an entertainer/preacher/politician and a consumer isn't equal. No matter how they spin it, the consumer is not their friends. Simply because there is only one direction from which a voice is heard clearly and examined carefully. The others in this relationship is merely a set of data samples.

@Wewereseeds@organizing.social "due to personal connection or shared interest" I would argue that's the case. Think about it in terms of social dynamics. How much is your voice heard over others when there's dispute? On top of that, many socially engineer their appeal in these social spaces to gather followers. The more people possess clouts, the more they'll try to preserve it by any cost.

@Ferretsyndicate@radical.town If they recognize you as a leader the solution would be guillotine

@Wewereseeds@sunbeam.city Honestly it's almost scary how they're slipping in narratives to normalize the practice of clout chasing

@Wewereseeds@sunbeam.city "some people being more popular then others in social media space is just common sense" kind of rhetoric.

@Wewereseeds@sunbeam.city And yeah clout chasers would do pretty much anything to increase their social capital. It's not all that different from the concept of "liberal communist": creating a sense of comfort in what they're doing and their followers while masquerade the aesthetics of revolutionary.

@Wewereseeds@sunbeam.city Judging from the look of the likes of witches.live, I'd say whiteknighting clout chasers seems more common

@acrata Censoring the crimes of white supremacy in the name of "fighting hate speech" (but still let hate speech media run rampant on social media, especially Youtube)

All the ones I suspected would have these opinions about clouts end up having it. Great.

@noelle Alright I have to wonder what sprouted these clout posts? Did I miss something?

@Wewereseeds@organizing.social I don't think "highly unequal distribution of power and influence in social spaces is bad" is something too controversial

@forfoxsake@mastodon.social @Wewereseeds@organizing.social Remember how #metoo was hijacked by Hollywood liberal white actresses?

@forfoxsake@mastodon.social @Wewereseeds@organizing.social Yes and it's essentially the currency in the marketplace of ideas. It's not all that different from money really. Those who accumulate too much of it soon turns to social engineering for more. And in many cases it translate to money and donations.

@Wewereseeds@sunbeam.city Jokes about clouts or jokes to get clouts? I saw both on my timeline.

Greed and lust for power/influences can and will change people, should they not already have any ulterior motives in the first place. Social engineering is inevitable for social capitalists and they can harvest monetary profit from their place in the marketplace of ideas. Gathering clout points isn't community building, it's building social capital.