Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Dynamics

Ratchet effects determine engineer reputation at large companies (seangoedecke.com)
How do engineers become higher-status or lower-status at large tech companies? In other words, what determines who gets promoted and who doesn’t, or who gets assigned the exciting difficult work and who gets put on keep-the-lights-on maintenance duty?
Engineering, Careers, Technology, Social Dynamics
115 points by rbanffy 12 days ago | 41 comments
The trap of "I am not an extrovert" (orkohunter.net)
It was one of those farewell dinners we had hosted back in college. I was in the third year. I was surrounded by two junior batches and two senior batches in the same party. And being the elected governor of the club, my job was to ensure that the younger ones learn and have a good time with the seniors.
Social Dynamics, Introversion, College Life
266 points by orkohunter 23 days ago | 458 comments
Conversations are better with four people (thetimes.com)
Social Dynamics, Communication, Group Interaction, Psychology
230 points by nomilk 37 days ago | 151 comments
Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools (phys.org)
The largest trial of its kind in the U.K. has shown how a low-cost, structured, anti-bullying program can improve social dynamics in primary schools and reduce victimization.
Education, Bullying, Social Dynamics, Psychology
177 points by PaulHoule 63 days ago | 200 comments
Purity Spiral (wikipedia.org)
A purity spiral is a theory which argues for the existence of a form of groupthink in which it becomes more beneficial to hold certain views than to not hold them, and more extreme views are rewarded while expressing doubt, nuance, or moderation is punished (a process sometimes called "moral outbidding").
Groupthink, Social Dynamics, Political Polarization, Online Communities, Social Media
16 points by throw0101b 66 days ago | 1 comments
Reasonable Person Principle (cs.cmu.edu)
Everyone will be reasonable. Everyone expects everyone else to be reasonable. No one is special. Do not be offended if someone suggests you are not being reasonable.
Reasoning, Social Dynamics, Ethics
75 points by yamrzou 75 days ago | 69 comments
Bless'er heart–Gossip phrased with concern gives advantage in female competition (sciencedirect.com)
Although many women report being victimized by gossip, fewer report spreading negative gossip.
Psychology, Social Dynamics, Gender Studies, Communication
5 points by impish9208 86 days ago | 0 comments
Long-term tracking of social structure in groups of rats (nature.com)
Rodents serve as an important model for examining both individual and collective behavior. Dominance within rodent social structures can determine access to critical resources, such as food and mating opportunities. Yet, many aspects of the intricate interplay between individual behaviors and the resulting group social hierarchy, especially its evolution over time, remain unexplored.
Animal Behavior, Social Dynamics, Science, Research
41 points by PaulHoule 86 days ago | 13 comments
Ask HN: What breakthrough helped you build and maintain better relationships? (ycombinator.com)
Pretty much just the title.<p>As a very small, but highly frequent example, I’ll invite an acquaintance to get a coffee or beer with me a few times but never have this acquaintance seemingly think of me if I’m not directly asking them to hang.<p>I can’t really figure out why. Maybe I’m a boring person? Maybe I’m abrasive? Maybe most people like to stay in a perpetual state of acquaintance-ness?<p>How do you fix something like this if you can’t diagnose what’s wrong?
Human Relationships, Social Dynamics, Personal Growth, Communication
124 points by beadey 99 days ago | 94 comments