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I call this anecdotal growth mutation. You see something, you share it, a lot of other people share it. Suddenly the anecdote becomes statistically significan
by ThomPete 6y ago
I call this anecdotal growth mutation.
You see something, you share it, a lot of other people share it.
Suddenly the anecdote becomes statistically significant in the heads of everyone.
- malandrew 6y agoI would elide the word "statistical" from your comment but otherwise I totally agree.
- unishark 6y agoI see a lot of posts on reddit which basically consist of the formula "My <other political gorup> relative keeps doing <behavior our side despises>. They make me so angry." Perhaps with some extra details of being an obvious two-dimensional jerk for good measure. Always has lots of upvotes. Could be someone trying to affect opinion with fake upvotes, someone trying to fish for easy upvotes, or just organically motivated by the network's desire for anecdotes to rage about.
- darepublic 6y agoIf someone held a gun to my head and told me to increase my reddit karma by 10k in a week I would quickly hop on to r/politics