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user-inactivated  ·  1819 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Princess, the Plantfluencers, and the Pink Congo Scam

    Social media has gamified everything and we're always looking for the cheat codes.

I think just beyond gamification. Cause you know, enthusiasm leads to collecting which leads to price speculation. With social media and the internet in general, whether we're talking plants or cars or sneakers or whatever, suddenly mode people are being exposed to these desirable items, which creates a bigger audience and market, which drives up demand which drives up prices.