I think this is a case of the “monkey ladder” type situation where people just bandwagon on and don’t know why. They just see the behavior, don’t know the cause

I think this is a case of the “monkey ladder” type situation where people just bandwagon on and don’t know why. They just see the behavior, don’t know the cause, and emulate behavior. I think this happens in fake internet point situations because people are more apt to get upvotes and avoid downvotes. Since thoughtful content is hard, dog piling is easy. I can get more votes by grammar nazi-equivalent for wrongthink.