A "Game of Like" : Online Social Network Sharing As Strategic Interaction

We argue that behavioral science models of online content-sharing overlook the role strategic interactions between users. Borrowing from accuracy-nudges studies decision-theoretic models, we propose a basic game model and explore special cases with idealized parameter settings to identify refinements necessary capture real-world social network behavior. Anticipating those refinements, sketch analysis content amplification draw connection Keynes's beauty contest analogy recent social-epistemological work on echo chambers. conclude model's prospects analytical empirical perspectives.