Figure out what sorts of traits you want people in your social network to have, then figure out what the surface appearances of those traits are, then look for people with those surface appearances. Once you’ve found them, interact, and check to see if they had those traits by looking for alternative explanations, and seeing if those explain the data.
For instance, I value people who are able to do things. They’re able to get around trivial inconveniences, and do things for reasons.
So, I go to places that have trivial inconveniences to get to (conferences, for instance), and places that have no norms for or against going to them. If people show up at places that other people don’t talk about, they probably did it for some particular reason.
Figure out what sorts of traits you want people in your social network to have, then figure out what the surface appearances of those traits are, then look for people with those surface appearances. Once you’ve found them, interact, and check to see if they had those traits by looking for alternative explanations, and seeing if those explain the data.
For instance, I value people who are able to do things. They’re able to get around trivial inconveniences, and do things for reasons.
So, I go to places that have trivial inconveniences to get to (conferences, for instance), and places that have no norms for or against going to them. If people show up at places that other people don’t talk about, they probably did it for some particular reason.