News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social media is so toxic. Parent comment

Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by BurningFrog on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:24PM (#21598329)
What you're observing is people being tribal, hating their outgroup and loving their ingroup.

It's basic human nature, which we should all try to rise above.

Maybe the new thing is that political tribe is now our primary identification. Nation, race and class used to be the big ones.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by Jamwinner on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:41PM (#21599345)
Locality, family, profession were the classics. Its literally how most cultures named people.
[ Parent | on HN ]