[padobson]

It's also worth mentioning that in order to increase your status in any of these networks, you're going to have to serve the central nodes in some way. So if you're trying to grow your social media following, eventually you're going to have to get the attention of an influencer who will in turn rub off some of their influence on you. If you're trying to increase your capital, you're going to need to provide value to some influential capitalist. If you want to increase your political power, you're going to have to be appointed/elected to a role in some powerful political institution.