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Which Emotion Goes Viral the Fastest? (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by ricardomcgowan 2198 days ago
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The problem with opinions on the Internet is that most of them are not written due to some research spent on the topic; it's rather written because someone wants to be included in some particular group that happens to promote some ideas or feelings. Instead of having own opinions, lots of people draw an average from opinions of their friends (or people they "follow") and treat this average as their own opinion (they believe it's their own). I find this behavior dangerous.