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> Must admit I’m surprised by the aggressiveness of it all. It’s almost like an echo chamber where people have decided it’s ok to pile on This seems to be a re
by corobo 2y ago
> Must admit I’m surprised by the aggressiveness of it all. It’s almost like an echo chamber where people have decided it’s ok to pile on
This seems to be a really common occurrence recently - I know the internet can be mean, I've been on it since the peak of IRC, but it seems way more intense these days. The moment something is marked as the bad thing, hordes of people absolutely pile onto it out of nowhere.
Is this something I've just not noticed, a more people online thing, long term effects of covid (the virus itself and/or the lockdowns), a result of whatever algorithm tweaks Elon has been making, are people just pissed off in general, etc?
It feels bizarre how aggro the internet has become!
I think psychology might call this Splitting, which honestly seems to describe the business model of social media platforms these days too, so maybe there's a connection there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)
Off topic but using as an example of this: This tweeted photo, showing a pub in the UK that allows dogs, but bans children. Bit edgy, sure, but look at the bloodbath in the replies/quotes! It's absolute chaos!
https://twitter.com/hifromkyle/status/1779548610528415809 https://twitter.com/hifromkyle/status/1779548610528415809
- blackhawkC17 2y agoIt’s plain old mob mentality. It’s been that way since we were hunter-gatherers in the forests.
- corobo 2y agoAye fair point, I guess I've just been noticing it happening more because I noticed it happen and am now tuned to see it - that Baader-Meinhof frequency illusion thing.
- Aurornis 2y ago> The moment something is marked as the bad thing, hordes of people absolutely pile onto it out of nowhere. This isn’t “out of nowhere”. Humane and their AI pin have been marketed an d talked an kur all over Internet tech spaces for a very long time. I’ve been seeing talk about the Humane AI pin in these same channels (YouTube, Twitter, tech websites) frequently since they were funded. People have been forming opinions and skepticism for a long time. The key thing that changed is that the product finally transitioned from hypothetical to reality, and suddenly everyone’s thoughts were confirmed all at once. This is nothing like your photo of a pub getting talked about on Twitter for a brief moment. AI and AI hardware have been a hot topic for years and Humane has been pushing marketing materials and demos on social media for a long time. They made themselves the center of the conversation. Now the rubber hits the road and they have to deal with being the center of the conversation without having the substance to back up their big social media push. The real mob mentality is all of the people who are arriving late to this multi-year buildup and trying to scorn the reviewers and critics.
- simmer 2y agoI don’t see this sort of review as aggressive or hostile; rather, it displays the sort of inductive reasoning that we should all be doing more of in the face of wondrous claims that follow a recognizable pattern. Hype artists and bad faith actors thrive on amnesiac audiences, and it’s about time we were all a bit less credulous.
- ralegh 2y agoIronic that this has been downvoted a bunch
- corobo 2y agohaha it is what it is, I'll figure out how to better explain what I mean next time. Putting this one down to "words are lossy compression for thoughts"