I think our community is BADLY in need of a broad-ranging set of asessments as to when status is fragile and/or important. Like, on a scale of friends to court intrigue…
I’m not saying it’s unimportant here, and not disagreeing that it might be pretty omnipresent, but I think people have gotten into a state of always paying attention to status and ways it may be indicated.
I think people have gotten into a state of always paying attention to status and ways it may be indicated.
The implication here seems to be that people are not in this state by default, which doesn’t seem true to me. It’s certainly true that LWers have gotten into a state of frequently talking about status, which is not default.
I think our community is BADLY in need of a broad-ranging set of asessments as to when status is fragile and/or important. Like, on a scale of friends to court intrigue…
I’m not saying it’s unimportant here, and not disagreeing that it might be pretty omnipresent, but I think people have gotten into a state of always paying attention to status and ways it may be indicated.
The implication here seems to be that people are not in this state by default, which doesn’t seem true to me. It’s certainly true that LWers have gotten into a state of frequently talking about status, which is not default.
That’s also possible. But I still think we have a bias toward paying too much explicit attention to it.