Noticed this on reddit oh so many years ago. The first couple of posts drive the discussion. I even fucked around experimenting with that. If I got the first word in, that predicted the path of opinion. It’s truly scary how easily we’re manipulated.
I make a lot of contrary comments. Not to be disagreeable just because, and not to cause problems, I just say what I mean regardless of prevailing opinions. It’s bizarre to make the same exact statement in two threads and get excoriated on one and lauded on the other.
Noticed this on reddit oh so many years ago. The first couple of posts drive the discussion. I even fucked around experimenting with that. If I got the first word in, that predicted the path of opinion. It’s truly scary how easily we’re manipulated.
I make a lot of contrary comments. Not to be disagreeable just because, and not to cause problems, I just say what I mean regardless of prevailing opinions. It’s bizarre to make the same exact statement in two threads and get excoriated on one and lauded on the other.
Oh for sure. And in these days of sophisticated bot-farms and keyword-triggered brigades, it’s made all the more volatile.