persuasion
Social proof
Also: Bandwagon effect · Social-proof principle
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Where to encounter it
Read about Social proof in Influence by Robert Cialdini — the primary source in the Read Stacks library.
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“Cialdini's claim is that humans have parallel shortcuts — short, automatic responses we run when full deliberation would cost too much time.”