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A comment on Minimum Viable Personality (2011). Parent comment

Re:Minimum Viable Personality (2011) by momentmaker on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:36AM (#19282380)
That's how you sell (influence/persuade) others to do something is by engaging their emotions - the stronger the better.

Words are a tool like another other, can be used to empower others or create hatred...

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Re:Minimum Viable Personality (2011) by stcredzero on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:39PM (#19283278)
Words are a tool like another other, can be used to empower others or create hatred...

In 2019, outrage has become the easiest emotion to exploit to achieve virality. One should always be asking: Does this media prioritize accuracy over virality, or is it the other way around?

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