I don’t know. It’s interesting to think about, though.
Could it be that humans have always been influenced this way by approval, but now it’s logged by social media? Maybe it has always been this way, but now it’s just easier to keep track of because we have the internet to make it visible. Also, before we had to develop social skills that allowed us to interpret feedback through face expression, verbal communication, etc. Now a kudos or a like sits there and can be interpreted as anything.
Could it be that humans have always been influenced this way by approval, but now it’s logged by social media? Maybe it has always been this way, but now it’s just easier to keep track of because we have the internet to make it visible. Also, before we had to develop social skills that allowed us to interpret feedback through face expression, verbal communication, etc. Now a kudos or a like sits there and can be interpreted as anything.
"Hipster is what happens when young hot people do what old ladies do." -Exian
