# Social Attractor
**Entity class:** Network and cover concept
**Domain:** Social networks / access
## Definition
A **social attractor** is a role, project, event, or institution that causes people to approach and participate for their own independent reasons. Their authentic activity can create introductions, traffic, records, and corroboration around the organizer.
[[wiki/Studio Six Productions|Studio Six Productions]] is the source paper's documentary example: once the office and advertised project existed, real writers and producers contacted it with genuine pitches.
## Relationships
- **supports:** [[wiki/Narrative Bandwidth|Narrative Bandwidth]] and [[wiki/Backstopping|Backstopping]].
- **access implications:** [[wiki/Placement and Access|Placement and Access]] and [[wiki/Spotting-Surface Pathway|Spotting-Surface Pathway]].
- **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].