[chipsy]

This vision of the future seems surprisingly lonely. Aren't we becoming a hivemind? Wouldn't it become more likely, rather than less, that manipulative types get caught and have their career and reputation instantly destroyed? Wouldn't status depend on which communities you're part of, not what products you consume?

[bsenftner]

The products one consumes is the most visible, and easily acquired information about a person. Plus, the product marketers will be pushing product-as-status over community-as-status as hard as they can!

[jchrisa]

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