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Misinformation really does spread like wildfire. Even with the number of naysayers on Hacker News we still seemed to have had a lapse in critical thinking. I'v

Misinformation really does spread like wildfire. Even with the number of naysayers on Hacker News we still seemed to have had a lapse in critical thinking. I've been wanting to get into research on the study of the spread of tweets like this. Anyone have pointers for reading material?

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xuki 6y ago
I have sold apps on the App Store for a decade now, and I have to admit I did believe the original tweet. I was going to go through the financial reports during the weekend to verify, but the initial reaction was “of course they would do this, it’s Apple”.
- dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
  The fact this tweet is so believable says something about how poorly Apple has been treating its developers the last decade.
  - mr_toad 6y ago
    Or it just says something about confirmation bias.
    - celticninja 6y ago
      Confirmation bias is usually as a result of previous behaviour allowing us to make assumptions about how something would respond/act. Confirmation bias in this situation is because it sounds in line with how Apple operate elsewhere.
  - komocode 6y ago
    Such an awful comment.
- 1337shadow 6y ago
  Not an Apple user nor developer, but damn, 30% seems above reasonable ...
  - jkbyc 6y ago
    same like all Apple pricing, no? Seems just above reasonable, rubs you the wrong way, yet you still go for it. Sort of perfect from their perspective
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tekknik 6y ago
We? No the standard Apple haters did what they do and rage as soon as you hear the word Apple but this is not the entirety of HN acting this way.
- oarsinsync 6y ago
  “Apple haters”, or Apple customers who have blown tens of thousands on Apple equipment over the years and have noticed their (relatively) recent focus towards maximising their revenue instead of being focused on producing good products. I continue to use Apple products every day as my daily drivers, and can’t see that changing. Im writing this from my iPad Pro. I’m probably buying 2 new iPhones this year despite them all being too big. I haven’t bought a new MBP in a while as my 2015s meet my current needs better than the new products do. I found the original tweet totally credible. I feel more like an “Apple sucker” than an “Apple hater”.
  - tekknik 6y ago
    If you found the tweet credible then why did this come up now? When they were testifying before congress? That’s because it wasn’t credible. And the pattern is, some news about Apple comes out, people rage BEFORE getting the entire story, then later learn the truth and calm down. In this case it was a matter of hours.
    - oarsinsync 6y ago
      > the pattern is, some news about Apple comes out, people rage BEFORE getting the entire story, then later learn the truth and calm down I found it credible. I upvoted the post. I then learnt the truth, and posted that I found the original tweet credible. There's no rage. There's just me, a long time Apple customer, finding a falsehood believable. There's more nuance to the world than just 'Apple haters' and 'rage'. You don't have to be an 'Apple hater' to fall for this. You don't have to have been 'raging' to have fallen for this. You can just be (like me) stupid, and happily admit that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
      - 6y ago
me_me_me 6y ago
CPC Gray had a video on why rage/anger related materials spread around internet. TDLR: Materials that cause anger/ rage make people want to reshare it at higher rate (I want to do something) vs positive materials that make you feel good.

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xuki 6y ago

I have sold apps on the App Store for a decade now, and I have to admit I did believe the original tweet. I was going to go through the financial reports during the weekend to verify, but the initial reaction was “of course they would do this, it’s Apple”.

dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
The fact this tweet is so believable says something about how poorly Apple has been treating its developers the last decade.
- mr_toad 6y ago
  Or it just says something about confirmation bias.
  - celticninja 6y ago
    Confirmation bias is usually as a result of previous behaviour allowing us to make assumptions about how something would respond/act. Confirmation bias in this situation is because it sounds in line with how Apple operate elsewhere.
- komocode 6y ago
  Such an awful comment.
1337shadow 6y ago
Not an Apple user nor developer, but damn, 30% seems above reasonable ...
- jkbyc 6y ago
  same like all Apple pricing, no? Seems just above reasonable, rubs you the wrong way, yet you still go for it. Sort of perfect from their perspective
  - deleted 6y ago
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tekknik 6y ago

We? No the standard Apple haters did what they do and rage as soon as you hear the word Apple but this is not the entirety of HN acting this way.

oarsinsync 6y ago
“Apple haters”, or Apple customers who have blown tens of thousands on Apple equipment over the years and have noticed their (relatively) recent focus towards maximising their revenue instead of being focused on producing good products. I continue to use Apple products every day as my daily drivers, and can’t see that changing. Im writing this from my iPad Pro. I’m probably buying 2 new iPhones this year despite them all being too big. I haven’t bought a new MBP in a while as my 2015s meet my current needs better than the new products do. I found the original tweet totally credible. I feel more like an “Apple sucker” than an “Apple hater”.
- tekknik 6y ago
  If you found the tweet credible then why did this come up now? When they were testifying before congress? That’s because it wasn’t credible. And the pattern is, some news about Apple comes out, people rage BEFORE getting the entire story, then later learn the truth and calm down. In this case it was a matter of hours.
  - oarsinsync 6y ago
    > the pattern is, some news about Apple comes out, people rage BEFORE getting the entire story, then later learn the truth and calm down I found it credible. I upvoted the post. I then learnt the truth, and posted that I found the original tweet credible. There's no rage. There's just me, a long time Apple customer, finding a falsehood believable. There's more nuance to the world than just 'Apple haters' and 'rage'. You don't have to be an 'Apple hater' to fall for this. You don't have to have been 'raging' to have fallen for this. You can just be (like me) stupid, and happily admit that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    - 6y ago

me_me_me 6y ago

CPC Gray had a video on why rage/anger related materials spread around internet. TDLR: Materials that cause anger/ rage make people want to reshare it at higher rate (I want to do something) vs positive materials that make you feel good.