This would seem to violate the principle of network neutrality, at least as lobbyists have used the phrase.

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To me it smells of a nice backdoor ruse to get around the principle of network neutrality where every packet is equal.

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The conventional wisdom is now that the numbers probably line up to the Pareto Principle, more commonly know as the 80-20 rule where 80% of the content in any social network is created by only 20% of the users.

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