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The points provide information about what others think about the submission, which is useful in guaging the status of the comment. It does not have to affect yo
by markessien 18y ago
The points provide information about what others think about the submission, which is useful in guaging the status of the comment. It does not have to affect your opinion, unless you let it.
- jsmcgd 18y agoI think people are much less in control of what influences them than what we'd like to admit.
- unalone 18y agoI can confirm this. Halfway through reading his post, I noticed that you had more points than him, stopped to read yours, then read his with skepticism. Possibly it's because you do make a legitimate point, but I'd suspect that your score disrupted the flow of my reading.
- MaysonL 18y agoRead Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. Anchoring, framing, and sex are very powerful.