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I think the concept of "group monkey dance" is a good one- mainly, I think its insightful to point out that people will collectively be much crueler to someone
by the_cat_kittles 14y ago
I think the concept of "group monkey dance" is a good one- mainly, I think its insightful to point out that people will collectively be much crueler to someone than any of them would be on their own. This is something us nerds are intimately familiar with from uncomfortable social settings in highschool, but it didn't occur to me that the same dynamic might be at work in big internet discussions.
- pdonis 14y agoit didn't occur to me that the same dynamic might be at work in big internet discussions. Really? How many "big internet discussions" have you participated in?
- the_cat_kittles 14y agoMy point was that it didn't occur to me that people might be meaner in big online discussions because of the group monkey dance.
- pdonis 14y agoI understand, but my question still stands. I've been participating in online discussions for many years now, and I saw this pattern very early on. I didn't call it the "group monkey dance", but that just means I didn't know that name for the pattern. The pattern itself was obvious.