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> Speakers gain credibility and respect by [...] Do you mean only at the local level, individually? Because it sure isn't hard to find extremely popular speak
by rootusrootus 5y ago
> Speakers gain credibility and respect by [...]
Do you mean only at the local level, individually? Because it sure isn't hard to find extremely popular speakers with a great deal of influence that run counter to most of those points. It is hard not to conclude that the only thing that scales well in social media is to correctly deduce what most people want to hear, and then say it. People don't care about deception, good advice, good faith discussion, none of that, so long as you confirm the biases they already hold.
People really want to be told they are right, and were always right.
- deadpannini 5y agoNo, I mean at any level. I agree with the what you're saying, but I'm not talking about things that make people popular, I'm talking about argumentation and what makes someone persuasive. I'm talking about the relatively rare circumstances that can create opportunities to repudiate biases instead of confirm them.
- lkbm 5y agoHypothesis: bad faith communicators are more persuasive among people who mostly agree with them; good faith communicators are more persuasive among people who mostly disagree with them. Not sure if this is accurate, and I'm sure misses some nuance, but rings true-ish to me.