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it is not only social media, but rather than 'total information environment' including what we get irl. Normative behaviour is literally what the majority beli
by hunglee2 2y ago
it is not only social media, but rather than 'total information environment' including what we get irl.
Normative behaviour is literally what the majority believe and do, so if we enter into spaces where we have certain norms pervasive, we are likely to adopt these ourselves in order to avoid ostracism. This is pressure is especially acute if we have no alternative social group, or have entered into a group which then actively conditions members to separate from alternatives.
This can happen as easily in a small regional town or on a reddit subreddit.
- bloomingkales 2y agoOr as Patrick Bateman put it more starkly: EVELYN: Well, you hate that job anyway. Why don't you just quit? You don't have to work. BATEMAN: Because I...want...to...fit...in. ---- We don't even know it, social media has got us all comparing Bone font.
- tempodox 2y agoFor those who didn't get the reference, it's from the movie “American Psycho”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psycho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psycho
- HPsquared 2y agoA defining part of our age is that social media gave everyone a huge number of alternative social groups.