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#gossip — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. The secrets of cooperation
    knowablemagazine.org/article/s

    #Gossip and #PeerPressure can promote #cooperation better than punishment. Humans tend to gossip more with closer friends and about distant acquaintances for negative behavior which helps people to learn who to #cooperate with and who to avoid. Using social cues to encourage #BehaviorChange results in better outcomes than insisting people change.