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@KevinSimler 1/ This is so good. One thought: not all networks are neutral, and one can design a network such that its edges are selectively conducive to a certain type of idea only.
@KevinSimler 2/ And it often takes a ton of tiny design decisions ("a thousand lead bullets") to nudge the transmission rate of the kind of idea you want above its critical threshold.
@KevinSimler 3/ Fascinated by the kind of decisions networks like Stack Overflow and Wikipedia made to maximize the spreading of truth and minimize that of idle chatter and dogma.
@KevinSimler 4/ I wonder "how we might" design a non-neutral Twitter-like discussion platform that's most conducive to thoughtful conversation and least to fake news and performative outrage
@KevinSimler Also interested in path dependence in networks. Assuming equal transmission rates of mutually exclusive ideas, how much of an advantage does a head start confer to an idea? Examples include democrats developing expertise in social media before republicans
