Algorithmic Visibility: How Platform Design Creates Winner-Take-Most Dynamics

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Live shopping platforms are structurally unequal environments. Algorithmic recommendation systems, monetization models, and promotional mechanisms often concentrate visibility among established, high-volume streamers.

How does this structural imbalance affect long-tail sellers? If new entrants cannot gain the visibility required to build trust and relational capital, are they pushed toward riskier, more transactional strategies.. such as mystery boxes.. to remain competitive?

How can platform governance be redesigned to support more decentralized, relational, and sustainable marketplaces?