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by thenerdhead 1375 days ago
I never knew this had a word to it, but it is definitely a strange phenomena itself.

Especially with content creation. People become the X person. The writing person. The growth hacker person. The data science person.

It almost pigeonholes you into being a one-trick pony. Platforms like TikTok and LinkedIn especially push flanderization in this light and good luck getting out to diversify yourself without a new account.

The more obvious example is politics though. There are certain exaggerated traits you associate with the most popular candidates because of how often you are exposed to them.