tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post6770859922725434301..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: PersuasionmsHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-62691485006491059202011-08-30T20:13:25.793+01:002011-08-30T20:13:25.793+01:00@Romney - I find all of those possibilities at lea...@Romney - I find all of those possibilities at least as plausible as the one in the article. An aspect that interests me is, how do people tell whether they, or anyone else, is in the minority or not? How accurate are people at making that judgement? How effective is it to pretend to be in the majority when you're not? And then again, humans always have extremely complicated overlapping and conflicting social hierarchies. Does it matter where an opinion comes from? And again, especially if it's someone they don't know, how do they tell where someone fits in their world and how difficult and/or effective is faking it? I think fan boards are very interesting from that point of view, especially if you look at them over a fairly long time.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-41573147545376069272011-08-10T15:29:07.551+01:002011-08-10T15:29:07.551+01:00Perhaps its not so much persuasion as just followi...Perhaps its not so much persuasion as just following what appears to be popular. If someone doesn't really have much of an opinion in the first place then it doesn't take much to get them to accept another one. Equally they might have another opinion next week. Online it's difficult to tell if someone is really convicted of anything.<br /><br />Anyone perceiving themselves as a minority seems to be more vocal than they would otherwise be. Being in a minority of 10% might make people more determined to convince other people of their views. (based on my extensive study of Doctor Who fan forums, where you get a constant stream of negative posts from a minority who in the fan community and the wider public are definitely a tiny minority)francoise_hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603008941750254162noreply@blogger.com