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0 pointscaeril4y ago0 comments

> because morale is low because of people leaving.

A broader point, here: Maybe in specific instances people are leaving for legitimate or systemic reasons, but it's still sad that humans still operate on the flawed basis of social proof in 2021.

One would have hoped we'd have advanced past primitive signaling, but I guess not.

Social proof is the perennial mind-killer of humans, everywhere.

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mateo4114y ago

Can you explain how social proof factors into people leaving companies?

I just looked up what social proof is, essentially a phenomenon of people conforming to other people who they think understand or know more than them. It's supposed to explain her mentalities.

I guess I don't see how this leads to people leaving companies. Maybe I don't understand social proof.

_dark_matter_4y ago

Social proof is a second order effect. Losing users, layoffs, or operational failures are the first order effects - usually of mismanagement.

circlefavshape4y ago

> One would have hoped we'd have advanced past primitive signaling, but I guess not

We are what we are. We don't "advance"

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