Can you expand on what exactly you mean with “without having social status come into play”?
Social status is a prime way human beings are motivated to do things. The prospect that I might get social status by writing a great article that people find valuable sets good incentives for me to provide quality content.
Can you expand on what exactly you mean with “without having social status come into play”?
Social status is a prime way human beings are motivated to do things. The prospect that I might get social status by writing a great article that people find valuable sets good incentives for me to provide quality content.
I meant in the other direction, where people judge ideas as better because higher status people said them.
This seems like the thing that happens by default and we can’t really stop it, but I’m wary of UX paradigms that might reinforce it even harder.