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by yulaow 2744 days ago
Sociopaths are extremly good in faking empathy or a friendly personality when in need (eg interviews). To actually recognize them you have to look very close for at least some weeks once they feel they are not risking their initial position anymore. Sadly most companies at that point have no way of managing these guys or to recognize they have to fire them (often because they are still extremly careful to keep faking their personality with the higher ups, while being toxic to those below and at the same level of them)
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Most assholes aren't sociopaths. The pseudo-anonymity and "exclusivity" of Blind encourages trolls and assholes to congregate. People say things just to piss others off, and they also say "publicly" the douchebag things they'd normally only say to close friends/family (overt racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc). None of this means they are actually sociopaths, though. Just run of the mill assholes and trolls.