Collective Belief
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Collective Belief
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Theory of opinion expression and perceived climate
Spiral of Silence
People who believe their opinion is losing public support may become less willing to express it, making that position less visible and potentially reinforcing the perception that it is unpopular.
Online-participation heuristic
Cunningham's Law
Posting a wrong answer can attract corrections faster than asking an open question because error gives knowledgeable readers a specific target.
Cognitive fluency effect
Illusory Truth Effect
Repeated statements are, on average, more likely to be judged true than comparable novel statements, partly because familiarity makes processing feel easier.
Sequential social-learning model
Information Cascade
In a sequence of public decisions, early actions can reveal enough apparent consensus that later people rationally ignore their own private signals and follow the crowd.