Operational sequence
- Record each relationship direction separately; A trusting B does not mean B trusts A.
- Compare how the persona’s voice, claims, and behavior change by audience.
- Identify who carries messages, who protects whom, and who benefits when two others disagree.
- Test one relationship with a bounded disclosure and observe the network response.
- Update plot function without changing stable identity fields unless evidence supports it.
Failure states
- Mutualizing every relationship
- Treating popularity as trust
- Assuming one observer is neutral
- Ignoring the person who connects otherwise separate evidence