What Does This Mean?
The gradual reshaping of a creator's or user's behavior to match exactly what a platform's reward signals (likes, watch time, shares) reinforce, regardless of whether that behavior reflects genuine intent.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"I tried to post something different and it felt almost physically wrong, like I'd been trained out of it."
LORE & ORIGIN
Drawing directly on operant-conditioning psychology, the term entered creator-economy vocabulary around 2022-2023 to describe how platforms function less like neutral tools and more like training environments shaping the people who use them.
MENTIONS OVER TIME
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