# īntro 3: recursīve īnfluence By [trībs](https://paragraph.com/@tr-bs) · 2022-04-02 --- Goths, Mods, Harajuku Girls, Punks, Ravers, Hipsters, Scene, Cottage-core, Dandies, Gorpcore, Cyberpunks, Greasers, Hippies, Grunge.... ![tumblrcore](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4475c9069de54bde19c0c84a2891651f0ecf42427bc40e2ee2909e291f6c03fe.jpg) tumblrcore [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEGMse-VCgs) Whether you know it or not, you have been exposed and are familiar to the idea of **style tribes** and how they permeate culture. Some of the movements above are purely aesthetic, donned almost as "ritual-wear" for a specific purpose, while others serve a specific functional purpose based on the wearer's lifestyle. This creates an interesting duality of perception where certain choices of dress can inform who you are without you necessarily even consciously desiring to portray an image. Additionally, you have been influenced by the various sublimations of brands and individuals using these aesthetic and cultural movements as inspiration. A transference of the "solid" necessity for self-expression into the atmospheric "gas" of the Noosphere (more on this later in the series). Ted Polhemus, an anthropologist who the coined the use of style tribes as "groups of people who dress in distinctive styles to signify membership" \[1\] in his book _Streetstyle: From Sidewalk to Catwalk,_ also made an elucidation of how influence proliferates as such: “The street is both the state upon which the drama of contemporary life unfolds and the bottom line metaphor for all that is presumed to be real and happening in our world today. As high culture has given way to popular culture, it is the litmus test of street credibility that is crucial… Like holy relics, street style garments radiate the power of their associations. Styles that start life on the street corner have a way of ending up on the backs of models on the world’s most prestigious catwalks because the authenticity which street style is deemed to represent is a precious commodity. Everyone wants a piece of it.”  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style\_tribe#:~:text=From%20Wikipedia%2C%20the%20free%20encyclopedia,%2Dhop%20devotees%2C%20and%20ravers.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_tribe#:~:text=From%20Wikipedia%2C%20the%20free%20encyclopedia,%2Dhop%20devotees%2C%20and%20ravers.) This amalgamation of influence serves an interesting point in our hyperreal world: that, in the associative power of culture that people crave and struggle for, influence radiates outward. The influencer is actually the "influenc-ee" and reaps the benefits of burgeoning movements. In this recursion, the member of a micro-niche style tribe does not receive fair value back from their influence shed on the world and, with the speed of information today, their screams of appropriation are unheard in the deep void of traditional internet media platforms. In extreme circumstances, large fashion houses ape the works of burgeoning artists without attribution or compensation. trībs seeks to handle these issues in many ways. To start simply, our name derives meaning from the idea of style tribes, and, as discussed in the previous post in this series, trībs on the platform are agent federated micro-niches that serve to offer an arena to discuss particular interests within fashion. We believe that blockchain technology tackles some of the more difficult issues of provenance and attribution. An immutable ledger shows "who did it first", enables tracking of supply chains and the flow of goods, and creates a public record that cannot be revoked by any party. The currency layer of these technologies enables you to contribute to those who have influenced you positively or bring value through their knowledge or artistic endeavors. Lastly, peer-to-peer exchange of value for goods is of course the most obvious use of web3. Why pay a middleman when you are not encumbered by the traditional restraints of finance? We are thrilled by the interest in the platform so far, and we seek to bring all of these features and more to our tribe. In the next entry in this series, as we expand upon the idea of our algorithmic influence on ourselves and society as a whole. \[1\] [wikipedia: style tribe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_tribe#:~:text=From%20Wikipedia%2C%20the%20free%20encyclopedia,%2Dhop%20devotees%2C%20and%20ravers.) --- *Originally published on [trībs](https://paragraph.com/@tr-bs/ntro-3-recurs-ve-nfluence)*