Quadratic vs. Asymmetric ES: Missouri's Gov. Kehoe’s Ceremony and the Posts People Won’t Share
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Made with Google Vids https://vids.new/ #madewithgooglevids #jropixpoetry #jronews #jropixmathy the-silent-metric-what-the-2016-trump-electorate-teaches-us-about-social-media-shares https://johnrozean.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/the-silent-metric-what-the-2016-trump-electorate-teaches-us-about-social-media-shares This video opens by looking at a pattern that keeps repeating across completely different types of content — UFC fight clips, Trump‑birthday posts, and even official White House posts. All three generate huge numbers of likes but very few shares.
It’s the same asymmetric Engagement Set I’ve seen before in posts from Mike Johnson and Byron Donalds: people enjoy the content privately, but hesitate to publicly attach their identity to it. Whether the hesitation comes from violence, politics, or cultural signaling, the behavior is identical. High likes. Low shares. Identity‑risk collapse. From there, I compare this asymmetric pattern to the engagement on Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s Flag Day ceremony, where he appeared alongside uniformed military personnel in a formal patriotic setting.
Unlike the collapsed share axis seen in the UFC and political posts, Kehoe’s content produces a smooth, balanced rise between likes and shares — a curved, quadratic‑style ES pattern that feels closer to a natural proportion than a polarized reaction. It’s the harmonic signature that appears when content is symbolic, civic, and broadly comfortable for public sharing. By contrasting these examples, the video shows how the Engagement Set reveals not what people believe, but how they behave — and how identity, symbolism, and perceived risk shape the difference between reacting and sharing.
