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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by kortilla on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:10PM (#32959159)
Those are orthogonal. You can either think something helps or it doesn’t and virtue signal in either case.

It’s right in the name. When you “virtue signal”, you are signaling morals to a wider audience. It’s “virtue signaling” regardless of conviction.

Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by jholman on Friday September 23, 2022 @11:42PM (#32959563)
I think you didn't read @JohnFen carefully enough.

If the reason I am doing something is that I believe it will create results independent of being seen to have done it, I am not virtue signalling. Which is what @JohnFen said.

Conversely, if the reason I am doing something is because of the signalling value I believe will be attached to the way others see my actions, I am virtue signalling. Which is what you said.