To explain Pito and how it will work in the game I first have to let you know some stuff that you may not know about your characters right now. This is stuff that your characters are doing, because you aren’t dead and you don’t want me constantly harassing you with the penalties for not doing things that should be as natural as breathing in the Sixth World.
Even if you are technically inept you understand that commlinks are how you successfully operate in the Sixth World and use them almost unconsciously. What is normal for your characters would resemble one of those a-hole urban types that are always on their smart phones today for us in real life. You all have subscription feeds to electronic magazines or shows. You also understand the “rules” for mode operation. You switch modes all the time because you mostly need the anonymity of the Hidden Mode, but don’t need the attention that ghosting all the time gets you so you reluctantly push it to Passive, while the rest of the sheep run around in Active.
To understand how things work in LA, imagine an insecure hyperactive social media obsessed teenager from the popular crowd in school who happens a reality TV fan. Now understand that is the absolute minimal baseline. If you are not in Active mode you are always noticeable, broadcasting and advertising your presence is the only way to blend in, preferably with content.
This is about the best way I can explain it.