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by kkirsche 301 days ago
This has been my experience. Just a bunch of ego stroking
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Because ego's are fragile.

People might have envy for others success which would hurt their ego, but they are greedy enough to stroke someone else's ego, just so that they can get internet points or some "value creation" so that one day others can stroke their egos too.