Posts Tagged ‘The Bandwagon Effect’

A Little Glossary of Social Web Terms

April 20th, 2009

Are you looking to make your website a big hit with social websites? then you need to get familiar with how it thinks. The social web is a glorious case study in sociology, introducing us to new behaviors that we’ve never seen before.

Crowd Psychology – This is what happens when individuals find that they have more power as a group than when they act alone. If you’ve done something that has a bunch of people upset, expect one to post your link, two more to demand to know your name, five more to dig up the information and post it, and a mob to form in front of your door by sundown. Watch this very carefully! » Read more: A Little Glossary of Social Web Terms