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Here's a fantastic video on the topic of spreading ideas. It's from CGP Grey and it's about 6 minutes long.
Now keep one key thing in mind: social media algorithms feed on engagement (if people engage, it gets boosted) so the more engagement something gets the more it gets pushed to other's feed. And as the video talks about, different emotions get different levels of engagement and levels of sharing.
Anger is the one that comes out on top, so anger is what gets the feedback loop really churning.
And if all you see on the Internet is enraging things, you start getting enraged faster and easier. For every idea there is, there's another person out there who will get angry at the mention of it.
He does a great job explaining it in his video.
Oh dear that comment really gets me angry. How can you be so sensible on social media!!
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