# kaal:claim:3808859-008

**Claim.** The social media coordination function is still largely flawed because the incentive design underlying social proof is suboptimal; decentralized technology solutions can take over that coordination function and improve it.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to social proof metrics such as share counts used as quality proxies

**Source quote.**

> Because the incentive design for social proof is suboptimal, the social media coordination function is still largely flawed. Decentralized technology solutions, however, can tap into the coordination function that was inaugurated by social media and improve it.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), II.4 Social Media, page 15

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Failure mode.** suboptimal social proof incentive design  (family: staking-and-incentive-misalignment)

**Topics.** risk-and-incentives, institutional-design, decentralization

**Keywords.** social-proof, incentive-design, coordination, decentralization

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-003

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