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The Majority Illusion in Social Networks — mentioned by yamrzou

Mon, 23 May 2022 14:16:03 GMT

Here's my theory on why “discussion detaches from the issue at hand, turning into meta-debates about how we respond to the responses of others, etc.”: I think it's a battle for common knowledge (See: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=2410). Suppose there are two groups, A and B, having a different stance on a given issue. On social media, it's not enough to voice an opinion about the issue at hand. Because the nature of social networks make it easy for opinions that are globally rare to be overrepresented (see: The Majority Illusion In Social Networks — https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03022).…

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The Majority Illusion in Social Networks — mentioned by yamrzou

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:08:32 GMT

You might be interested in this paper: "The Majority Illusion in Social Networks", https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03022 Abstract: Social behaviors are often contagious, spreading through a population as individuals imitate the decisions and choices of others. A variety of global phenomena, from innovation adoption to the emergence of social norms and political movements, arise as a result of people following a simple local rule, such as copy what others are doing. However, individuals often lack global knowledge of the behaviors of others and must estimate them from the observations of their…

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The Majority Illusion in Social Networks — mentioned by philfrasty

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:02:45 GMT

„...drama of Silicon Valley...“ sounds like the Majority illusion applies to SV. [i] https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03022

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The Majority Illusion in Social Networks — HN submission

Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:54:53 GMT

The Majority Illusion in Social Networks

121 points; 119 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.