Jan
There’s a process philosophy called DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) that revolves around the notion that duplicate information is inherently bad. The thinking behind it is that duplicate information is harder to change, reduces clarity and is more likely to be inconsistent (since changes introduces inconsistencies between duplicates).
Such philosophy is the base for modern software engineering concepts, but apparently can be also applied to social networks.
An interesting experiment in social interactions has been attempted in an IRC channel (Internet relay chat) in which chat participants are not allowed to repeat any before said sentences. An automated monitoring system (called a bot) automatically mutes offenders for gradually increasing periods of time, forcing them to be original in what they say - or at least in how they say it.
I wonder if such philosophy could be applied in real life…
