Philosophy

The nineteenth-century sociologist Max Weber defined status as “an effective claim to social esteem in terms of positive or negative privileges.” 

He characterized it as a form of social access.

what can web3 change in social access models?

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Well, yes, those in and of themselves can’t be fully on chain because they are abstract attributes, but those attributes can become more transparent thanks to what can be on chain (actions, occupations, affiliations). It won’t be a perfect picture, but it would be clearer than it is now.

the ranking of individuals, or groups of individuals, based on attributes, actions, occupations, or group affiliations.” This is a modern definition, referencing occupation. Status's metrics as reputation or prestige, recognition, attention, importance, or appreciation can't be fully onchain right?

Got to agree with @benersing on this one. What it can change is transparency and accountability.

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Making what’s already happening without blockchains more visible and verifiable.

true but,
after all, the only way to get people to commit to governance models is still money, as evidenced by the failure of art curation DAOs.  Doesn't this risk leading to a plutocracy? though?

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Agree, 

those with big wallets have more access to distribution of ideas, leading to social privileges.

The same for those with marketing budgets in web2.

The difference is, I'm less obliged to consume shit I don't want to, because I have more control over my algo.

A choice you don't have on insta, for example.

In web3, it's easier for people to connect to others who share a compatible value system, because there is no (hierarchically imposed) social exclusion.

When the plurality of value systems increases, positive social privileges can be more evenly distributed.

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Checking I understand your question - I gather you're saying social networks simulate respect, admiration etc. by replacing them with quantitative things (like tokens and likes). And how can we create qualitative status rewards while remaining in a social network/web3 environment? Is that what you're asking?

“Status is defined as the respect, admiration, and voluntary deference individuals are afforded by others.”  social networks try to simulate this with quantitative criteria. how can we create qualitative criteria?

Two key claims to social esteem: money and wit/intellect. If you have one or both you usually have social access of some kind. Web3 doesn't change that.

But there can be barriers - looks, race, family, disabilities, etc. 

Web3 at its best makes the claims easier to prove and the barriers harder to erect.

Nothing. It merely materializes it, making it visible and hard to fake.

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1. Blockchain leads to the exact opposite future its narrative suggests.

2. Views, likes, follows, money in current form won't matter. Eg. The machine will value a homeless guy with 1 followers and 1 view who talks about important things, than a million follower influencer that talks shampoos. Info = new money.

Web3 is the infra the machine needs to digitally monitor the behavior of humane units with tamper-proof practices. Society already is controlled, but whatever data machines spit to decision makers. We're now at a point where we don't even verify the data. There are two sides of the same coin: