Other people, would never do it if it not were the approval of others.
And many people are lying about doing it for themselves because they don’t want to appear to be approval-seeking, especially if that is why they do it.
The easiest way to figure it out is to see how they behave around others vs not around others. Many folks, are two-faced in public vs private. And some folks, are not.
Can’t tell you how many friends/girlfriends I have had who say one thing in public, and another to me in private, and they are polar opposite. Let, usually on political stuff mostly. Because they know going with the popular opinion will get them points and they don’t want to cause social friction. Also why they celebrate rather than call out their friends shitty behaviors…
and frankly you can’t really blame them. because if you do stand up for things you believe in and they are not part of the group consensus, you’ll be ostracized. especially by the other folks who are posing who are desperately afraid of being ‘exposed’.
group social cohesion requires going along with/approving of the group belief, even if it’s wrong or stupid. hence why people get conned into believing crazy nonsense, their need for social approval overrrides everything else.
and some honest folks do admit, they only do shit for approval, or karma, or internet likes and they would not longer doing the thing they enjoy if they didn’t score any points from it. like I’ve met people in my hobbies who straight up admit they wouldn’t bother doing the hobby if they couldn’t get anonymous internet people to like them for it, who also get very mad if their post doesn’t get enough likes.
I think you’re wrong there.
Some people, do it for themselves, for sure.
Other people, would never do it if it not were the approval of others.
And many people are lying about doing it for themselves because they don’t want to appear to be approval-seeking, especially if that is why they do it.
The easiest way to figure it out is to see how they behave around others vs not around others. Many folks, are two-faced in public vs private. And some folks, are not.
Can’t tell you how many friends/girlfriends I have had who say one thing in public, and another to me in private, and they are polar opposite. Let, usually on political stuff mostly. Because they know going with the popular opinion will get them points and they don’t want to cause social friction. Also why they celebrate rather than call out their friends shitty behaviors…
and frankly you can’t really blame them. because if you do stand up for things you believe in and they are not part of the group consensus, you’ll be ostracized. especially by the other folks who are posing who are desperately afraid of being ‘exposed’.
group social cohesion requires going along with/approving of the group belief, even if it’s wrong or stupid. hence why people get conned into believing crazy nonsense, their need for social approval overrrides everything else.
and some honest folks do admit, they only do shit for approval, or karma, or internet likes and they would not longer doing the thing they enjoy if they didn’t score any points from it. like I’ve met people in my hobbies who straight up admit they wouldn’t bother doing the hobby if they couldn’t get anonymous internet people to like them for it, who also get very mad if their post doesn’t get enough likes.
That would require anyone looking at them.
Wit the AI bubble, nobody can buy better PCs, and have to run their games in lowest settings that hide other players.
Nobody is looking at aynone. It’s all floating names.