Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Influence

That Hit Song You Love Was a Total Fluke (hbr.org)
When Princeton sociology professor Matthew Salganik was a doctoral student at Columbia, he got interested in blockbusters — specifically, he got curious about the role of social influence in determining the success of music, art, and books.

Music, Social Influence, Sociology, Research

16 points by gradus_ad 6 days ago | 4 comments

Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Change (2016) (plos.org)
Studies of collective action have shown that social influence can greatly facilitate mobilization around collective goods, predict success of the action, and guide its design [1].

Social Sciences, Collective Action, Psychology, Social Influence

63 points by sandwichsphinx 165 days ago | 20 comments

First we shape our social graph, then it shapes us (2022) (henrikkarlsson.xyz)

Social Networks, Social Influence, Human Behavior

98 points by Curiositry 284 days ago | 32 comments