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I think you left out the main factor which is that programmers are people and people subconsciously copy what other people are doing. We are herd animals. Also
by ilaksh 3y ago
I think you left out the main factor which is that programmers are people and people subconsciously copy what other people are doing. We are herd animals. Also most people are not really good at judging novel things and are mainly influenced (subconsciously) by surface appearance and popularity.
- nologic01 3y agoI fully agree with that. I just focused on the more exaggerated ways this behavior shows up because programmers are the first tribe to really become fully online and interacting. For software people it is sometimes easy to forget that in most other professional domains exchange of real information, detailed opinions etc. is still much more siloed and inaccesible. It does not happen out in the open. This has a dampening effect as copycat behavior spreads much slower.