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Saket Sambhav
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🚨 Something I’ve noticed lately on LinkedIn - and it’s worth talking about. Many people create multiple pages or accounts just to like their OWN posts or comments. Now, the issue isn’t just that they’re faking numbers. It’s deeper - it’s psychological. When a post has 100 likes, we’re WIRED to assume it must be valuable. So, we engage too - not because we found it useful, but BECAUSE OTHERS DID. That’s called the 'BANDWAGON EFFECT' - a cognitive bias that makes us trust popularity MORE than truth. And this isn’t limited to LinkedIn: 🗳️ In politics, repeated slogans and trending NARRATIVES win votes - even when empty. 🎬 In movies, HYPE often overshadows quality. But popularity ≠ quality. And engagement ≠ authenticity. As creators and readers, we owe it to ourselves to use our own judgment - not let FOMO decide what’s “good” or “true”. Let’s bring back critical thinking to our platforms. 💬 Have you noticed this trend too?
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