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abitter.bsky.social
Remember the old #Twitter and when you decided to migrate? How important were your peers for your decision?

In our current study, we use data from 250k researchers during the 2022 migration to #Mastodon to examine #socialinfluence within the research community.

👉 doi.org/10.23668/psy...

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March 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
sip-com-acpe.bsky.social
Title: Personal hardship and online isolation predict support for white nationalism

Link: ift.tt/0WBsVm4

#psychotherapy #mentalhealth #spirituality #onlinecommunity #socialinfluence
September 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
ducugavril.nafoforum.org
The strongest move?

Follow evidence, not the crowd.

The loudest voices aren’t always the wisest.

#SocialInfluence #FightDisinformation #ThinkIndependently
March 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
elgarpublishing.bsky.social
🔔 NEW: Research Handbook on Social Influence, edited by Radmila Prislin of @sdsuresearch.bsky.social

Free content available at: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

#SocialInfluence #SocialNorms #SocialBehaviour
March 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
sociusjournal.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈 Why do rainbow flags cluster on some buildings—but not others?

A new #Socius study by Dominic Amstutz & Jaemin Lee shows how one flag invites another: public #LGBTQ+ support spreads via #SocialInfluence among neighbors in Bern.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
July 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
atlas-369.bsky.social
Psychology explains influence better than opinions.
Learn the hidden dynamics that shape behavior, attraction, and power—ethically and intelligently. 🧠📘
👉 www.alfan.link/atlas369
#Psychology
#HumanBehavior
#SocialInfluence
#EmotionalIntelligence
#MindsetMatters
#SelfDevelopment
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
tzingora.bsky.social
1/4 📢 New paper in PSPB with Andreas Flache!

How do attitudes & behaviors spread?
#SocialInfluence among #adolescents isn’t just passed from friend to friend — it also flows through group norms. Both channels shaped academic drive, #prejudice, #religiosity.

👉DOI: 10.1177/01461672251366388
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
emiliecaspar.bsky.social
Call for stories from individuals who resisted undue influence for an upcoming project based on my research.

Please share or contact me.

#comics
#socialinfluence
#resistance
#academia
#whistelblowing
#rescue
#help
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ducugavril.nafoforum.org
We’ll cover:

#CognitiveLaziness
#MotivatedReasoning
#EmotionBias
#IllusoryTruthEffect
#FamiliarityTrap
#SocialInfluence
#PolarizationTrap
#OverconfidenceBias
#SharingBias
#CognitiveImmunity
March 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
aloseva.bsky.social
Do teens become more tolerant because they make friends across #ethnic lines — or because of #socialinfluence from coethnic friends?
📝 Both matter, and neither personal dislike nor strong #ethnicidentity block these effects.

New #SAOM study of #networks and attitudes of 380 German #adolescents:
Dynamics of outgroup attitudes in peer networks: Testing the effects of socialization, contact, and selection - Alla Loseva, Andreas Flache, Christian Steglich, Sabine Otten, Michael Mäs, 2026
Intergroup attitudes can be positively influenced by peers, but it remains unclear whether this occurs primarily through ingroup socialization or outgroup conta...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
gerardgermaine.bsky.social
Peer pressure only works on the weak minded.

#PeerPressure
#StandAlone
#StrongMind
#ChooseWisely
#SocialInfluence
#BeYourself
#MentalStrength
#BreakTheHabit
#BeyondProtests
August 24, 2026 at 12:09 PM
the-14.com
Strong opinions matter: Why some birds refuse to follow the flock
#Birds #AnimalBehavior #ZebraFinches #Psychology #Nesting #SocialInfluence #Conformity #Culture #Science #Nature #BehavioralScience #Cognition #Research #Society #Evolution #CriticalThinking
the-14.com/strong-opini...
Strong opinions matter: Why some birds refuse to follow the flock | The-14
Research on zebra finches shows strong opinions reduce conformity, revealing how individual bias shapes culture, tradition and resistance to majority influence.
the-14.com
March 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
thekenpowers.bsky.social
2024 highlight reel
Last year had plenty to feel good about, but this year will be even more Powerful!
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#wrestling #thepowerfulone #strongman #polishpowerhouse #highlights #weightlifting #genesis #socialinfluence #bigmanshit #truepower
January 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
shewandersferal.bsky.social
the *only people* #reluctant to declare The Obvious are the ones #profiteering in some #financial, #employment or #socialinfluence manner from The #Fascism

Looking at you, #OilBerta | #Alberta

🍁 #CANpoli 🍁 #CDNpoli 🍁 #CanadaSky 🌌 #Canadiana
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Feb 2
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse."
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
rss-journal.bsky.social
López-Pintado & Watts show that binary #decisions under #SocialInfluence can be modeled as an ‘influence-response function’: choice depends on how many others pick each option. In some cases, general knowledge of this function is enough to determine collective outcomes.

#ThrowbackThursday
Social Influence, Binary Decisions and Collective Dynamics - Dunia López-Pintado, Duncan J. Watts, 2008
In this paper we address the general question of how social influence determines collective outcomes for large populations of individuals faced with binary deci...
journals.sagepub.com
April 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
jasssjournal.bsky.social
How do #opiniondynamics shift in social networks? Using field data and #SAOM, this study shows that negative #socialinfluence, not bounded confidence, drives opinion changes—without strong #polarization. Time to revise our assumptions?

Read #OpenAccess on #JASSS: www.jasss.org/28/1/2.html
February 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
drmike.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
A bit of #psychology reflection, on #empathy vs. #violence and #hate

Mindfulness vs. #cult #TrumpVirus
#media bubbles & #socialinfluence

Reflections on teachings from greats like Carl Rogers and Aaron T. Beck

https://diasporasocial.net/posts/5127618

#truth #socialpsychology #groupdynamics […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
kttk234567.bsky.social
The Trojan Horse Inside Your Head: How Government #Propaganda Is Quietly Dismantling Free Thought

www.zerohedge.com/political/tr... #TrojanHorse #GovernmentPropaganda #FreeThought #MindControl #CriticalThinking #Censorship #MediaManipulation #Awareness #SocialInfluence #ThoughtFreedom
The Trojan Horse Inside Your Head: How Government Propaganda Is Quietly Dismantling Free Thought
Ignore the bureaucrats; listen to the free thinkers...
www.zerohedge.com
August 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
jennygrankin.bsky.social
📈💬💡 People reason more carefully when they expect to explain a judgment to knowledgeable listeners whose views they do not know. Use this approach to encourage systematic evaluation rather than defense of a preferred answer. #DataCommunication #CriticalThinking #SocialInfluence
People reason more carefully when they expect to explain a judgment to knowledgeable listeners whose views they do not know. Use this approach to encourage systematic evaluation rather than defense of a preferred answer.
September 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
jennygrankin.bsky.social
📈💬💡 Ask your audience: If other people no longer held this view, would they (audience) still hold it? Julia Galef calls this "The Conformity Test." This helps distinguish independent judgment from group influence. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialInfluence
Ask your audience: If other people no longer held this view, would they (audience) still hold it? Julia Galef calls this "The Conformity Test." This helps distinguish independent judgment from group influence.
September 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
sip-com-acpe.bsky.social
Title: Anti-democratic attitudes are highly contagious, new psychology study finds

Link: ift.tt/rBvIsSb

#psychotherapy #spirituallyintegratedpsychotherapy #democracy #socialinfluence #clinicalpractice
July 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
ajfeuerman.bsky.social
Love it: RT @CupofJoeSocial: Bookmark this: Really great #infographic on women on social media via @socialinfluence
November 19, 2024 at 5:03 AM
crowstvcom.bsky.social
Social influence plays a significant role in the bystander effect, as people often look to others for cues, hesitating to intervene unless someone else acts first.
#socialinfluence
crowstv.com/mental-healt...
October 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM