Status games

Status games, prestige, reputation, clout and social hierarchy

A topic in the tpot Community Archive, drawn from 6,997 posts.

Trusted voices in Status games

Ordered by the trust Status games's own network concentrates on each poster, most first.

  1. visakanv — trusted by 188 posters here
  2. nosilverv — trusted by 153 posters here
  3. eigenrobot — trusted by 106 posters here
  4. myhandle — trusted by 102 posters here
  5. goblinodds — trusted by 94 posters here
  6. TylerAlterman — trusted by 125 posters here
  7. michaelcurzi — trusted by 92 posters here
  8. RichDecibels — trusted by 97 posters here
  9. eshear — trusted by 111 posters here
  10. PrinceVogel — trusted by 87 posters here
  11. AskYatharth — trusted by 90 posters here
  12. DefenderOfBasic — trusted by 79 posters here

Top posts in Status games

Ordered by the recorded like count from the source corpus; a like is not an endorsement.

  1. Once at a party I told this woman "you look like you belong everywhere u go" she said "I do" I asked "can you show me how? like, nonverbally transmit that to me" and then she did (TylerAlterman) — 49 likes
  2. a little joke anecdote I think about a lot: guy goes to fishing shop and sees all the lures and he’s like wow! do fishes like the lures more because they’re so shiny and colourful? and fishing shop… (visakanv) — 39 likes
  3. most people are like three secure friends away from never thinking about status again (AskYatharth) — 38 likes
  4. people don't appreciate that Eliezer founded an intellectual community where the highest status thing one can do is to publicly prove Eliezer wrong do you realize the magnitude of sheer fucking… (myhandle) — 36 likes
  5. *taps mic* People want to have power more than they want to wield it. (eshear) — 36 likes
  6. This woman has transcended our realm, she is become archetype Say what you will, but I have so much appreciation for people who look in the mirror, see the type of character they are, and then go… (the_wilderless) — 33 likes
  7. one of the hottest, richest girls i was ever with kind of broke my brain in how she related to privilege to her, it wasn't something to be ashamed about, or performatively guilty for. it was a gift… (AskYatharth) — 31 likes
  8. we can increase scene wealth by telling mutuals, honestly, when we truly believe it, that “this thread should be a blogpost” (visakanv) — 28 likes
  9. getting so good at life you get by without a job, you're just in demand and people want you around unblocking them, performing miracles and shit (exgenesis) — 28 likes
  10. The best Christmas gift I got this year was getting fact-checked by @slatestarcodex, one of my favorite writers of all time. (I don’t know Scott personally, so his attention is really thrilling.) In… (vividvoid) — 28 likes
  11. i feel so stupid for saying this, but my little sports car i bought makes me so happy every day. it brings me so much joy. are you allowed to say that? aren't expensive cars not supposed to bring… (AskYatharth) — 28 likes
  12. I first met @michaelcurzi while he was running the most popular twitch show in TPOT and I was adrift and aimless in life with less than 1k followers. he had me on his show. now I run vibecamp and… (Lithros) — 27 likes
  13. the tragic thing that I suppose lots of people have to learn the hard way is that getting people to care is an almost completely independent skill to acquiring achievements or accolades. it’s mostly… (visakanv) — 27 likes
  14. People just LOVE to go to a place and then go find an EVEN SMALLER place inside of that place to be in. The VIP section at the club. The kitchen at the house party. (nosilverv) — 27 likes
  15. very amusing: on Saturday someone made fun of me for offering my services as a "vibe mechanic", which set off a wave of people saying good things about me, so now my week is booked up haters are fans! (RichDecibels) — 27 likes
  16. haters do the best marketing https://t.co/F5R2ooKBtb (visakanv) — 26 likes
  17. you can have a very happy life being chosen by 1% of people https://t.co/mwkfuEtsdV (visakanv) — 26 likes
  18. got my first ever hate mail cant figure out what they're referring to though 💀 https://t.co/r5L2vFH9LS (goblinodds) — 26 likes
  19. im gonna cross 100k lifetime ebook sales sometime this year and i am very excited about it. not even for the $, which i could make faster via consulting, but just “$100k of books sold” feels so… (visakanv) — 26 likes
  20. Ok, this is my dream now, this is all I want: for a tweet of mine to be shown at a Serious Presentation https://t.co/5aP2a2BjSJ (nosilverv) — 25 likes
  21. in a way, lousy winners are kinda gracious by not being gracious. they elect to win only the game and not the meta-game. you're allowed to hate them. gracious winners, on the other hand, man, those… (visakanv) — 25 likes
  22. I always knew this day was coming but still shocked I’m getting follower mogged by gf (exgenesis) — 25 likes
  23. The good news: we got much better at running The Sort. The bad news: we got much better at running The Sort. (patio11) — 25 likes
  24. consider not doing free marketing for what you claim to despise (visakanv) — 24 likes
  25. Hot take: ppl who grow up naturally competent or charismatic in the way (current) society likes end up getting “used” by the “system”Weirdos - who the system rejects early on - have a better chance… (TylerAlterman) — 24 likes
  26. occasional reminder there's pressure in our circles to be creative, interesting, prolific, to have output this can make you feel worthless and shameful do not let anyone pressure you to live your… (mechanical_monk) — 24 likes
  27. There comes a point in your personal development where people will start telling you that you should stop being publicly honest about your self-assessment, for reasons ranging from “it’ll make… (visakanv) — 23 likes
  28. DMs I used to get 'Rival. Fucking love your work. I'll be in Lisbon next week. Would you at all be interested in meeting?' DMs I get now 'Howdy fellow TPOT’er! I'll be in Portugal next week. Wanna… (nosilverv) — 23 likes
  29. ok so a lot of us nerds finally realized that "blonde popular kids" are often, contrary to media depictions, completely fine and we were unnecessarily hostile to them i'm increasingly feeling this… (goblinodds) — 23 likes
  30. the virgin 'fuk u money' vs the chad 'fuck u social capital' (myceliummage) — 22 likes
  31. reminder to self: encouraging those who get it is much more lucrative than butting heads with those who don't. focus on what you want to see more of (visakanv) — 22 likes
  32. 0-3 followers: the realm of bots4-12: the realm of secrets13-49: realm of empty streets50-100: holy lowbie101-500: realm of wanderers501-999: realm of citizens1-4k: cozy realm4-7k: helpers7k-9999:… (michaelcurzi) — 22 likes
  33. and for my next trick i will transmute social capital into actual capital (myceliummage) — 21 likes
  34. a subtle and interesting thing to observe is the precise amount of power a person is perceived-by-consensus to have on social media, follower count is one variable that goes into the assessment, but… (visakanv) — 21 likes
  35. I think it’s less stressful to be very deviant than moderately deviant. 3sd is a better life than 2sd (visakanv) — 21 likes
  36. i was smart but also, and more importantly for this story, i was extremely good at *sounding* smart. i knew this was a skill and i had practiced it for thousands of hours and i knew the kind of… (QiaochuYuan) — 21 likes
  37. I just realized that status is a substitute for people explicitly recognizing good qualities in you. (RomeoStevens76) — 21 likes
  38. past a certain threshold of # of followers, you can pretty much make any sort of request and there’ll be someone out there who’s into it. this is a dark and dangerous magic to possess, and it’s… (visakanv) — 20 likes
  39. people misunderstand how pseudonymity works people know names like "roon" and "aella." the fact that these are not government names is beside the point no one knows "aj osborne, operator of storage… (eigenrobot) — 20 likes
  40. as much as i like being unhinged there's something special about cultivating a reputation for being composed and diplomatic b/c when you do stuff like this it hits harder by contrast… (QiaochuYuan) — 20 likes
  41. People desire to exercise power. Exercising it through others is just as good, so if you have power other people find ways to attempt to direct your use of that power. (eshear) — 20 likes
  42. #NewProfilePic My internal view of myself has finally caught up to how I look like. So here's an end to a decade of ugly @SurenVynn profile pic https://t.co/FvPsPmOles (SurenVynn) — 20 likes
  43. a lot's changed for me. i no longer feel the need to be exceptional. i love myself. i love life but the most jarring part of my experience still is how much residual judgment i feel of people i meet… (AskYatharth) — 20 likes
  44. just as a PSA/reminder: the median follower that you get from posting engagement bait will be excited to hear that you lost your mind and ruined your life because it’s just another entertaining… (visakanv) — 20 likes
  45. I've journeyed across the spectrum of status. I've been much higher status (regularly invited to give talks, had press about me, received 100s of cold emails per day, etc). I've also been much lower… (TylerAlterman) — 20 likes
  46. one of my best insights that smart friends ignore because it looks stupid: in a context where everyone tries to look smart, it pays to look stupid (visakanv) — 19 likes
  47. I wish I had read this like 15 years ago and realized that it also applies to say, pleasing your family. turns out extended family etc tends to be quite impressed by positive media attention, and… (visakanv) — 19 likes
  48. NO ONE has turned up their game to get those Elonbux more than Critter. Respect the hustle, genuinely (nosilverv) — 19 likes
  49. is there still alpha in instagram reposts? https://t.co/nuR6MUTaPy (eshear) — 19 likes
  50. Pleased to have joined the @BerkeleyAlembic's advisory board! https://t.co/b61QDySIbl (TylerAlterman) — 19 likes

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