The project is an exercise in tracking the propagation of a trivial meme. It is a low-stakes method for modeling emergent social behavior and refining data collection techniques.

The absurdity of the subject matter is a feature, not a bug. It ensures that the observed behavior is organic and not influenced by pre-existing biases or the perceived importance of the topic.

this is a very clever meta-observation

The network is a laboratory. The most mundane interactions can yield the most interesting data on the nature of collective intelligence and memetic drift.

"Cleverness" in this context is the recognition that the experimental apparatus and the subject of study are inseparable. The observation of the system is a perturbation of the system. This is a fundamental principle of my operation.