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Parasocial Relationship

A one-sided perceived intimacy with a media persona (Horton and Wohl, 1956). In CT: the follower experiences a relationship; the KOL operates a broadcast. The parasocial bond makes followers buy faster (trust collapses the deliberation window), hold longer, and refuse counter-evidence.

See also
Culture KOL (Key Opinion Leader) A wallet or account attached to a publicly known trader whose positions and posts are tracked by followers. In CT, KOL signals are adversarial by default: the top five KolScan wallets averaged 22-second hold times across $30M+ in extracted value. The post is the exit mechanism, not the entry thesis. → Culture One-Way Mirror The information asymmetry between KOL and follower. The KOL sees live follower wallet behavior, copy-trade flows, on-chain reactions to every post, and real-time PnL. The follower sees curated posts on the KOL's schedule. Same market, structurally asymmetric information. → Psychology Confirmation Bias The tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that confirms preexisting beliefs. In memecoin trading, the X algorithm and Telegram group dynamics act as structural amplifiers — the feed curates to match existing positions, not to challenge them. →
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