* detect lies * make your smile more attractive, more trustworthy and less dominant This psychology study found that a long-onset smile (0.5s onset) is seen as more authentic and flirtatious than a short-onset smile (0.1s). On top of this, the researchers found long-onset smiles were perceived as more attractive, more trustworthy and less dominant. * persuade others your opinion represents the whole group If you want to convince others that your opinion is representative of the majority, then just repeat yourself. * have a refreshing holiday * avoid getting scammed If I had to explain only one thing to someone who knew nothing about psychology, it would be 'crowd psychology'. * Using email to persuade * Find out if you're satisfied with your relationship * Reduce your cholesterol levels According to this early data, affectionate writing can reduce cholesterol levels. * make friends with self-disclosure
Traditional methods for protecting community from the effects of scale and poor behavior are now manifestly unfeasible. Raising barriers to entry, relying on the assumption that users will maintain only one registered account, and placing faith in the ability of admins and user moderation to reproduce a forum's organic culture are all easily circumvented, gamed, and/or ineffective when faced with the problems of scale. Moreover, they tend to reinforce self-destructive behaviors, by increasing returns to the most persistent rather than the most constructive, reinforcing groupthink, and providing ample targets for trolling and griefing. This article attempts to fundamentally rethink what constitutes community and society on the web, and what possibilities exist for their maintenance and reconstruction in the face of scale and malicious users. The recommendations reached, after analyzing the weaknesses of the web forums we all know and love