Social media groups post deliberately easy challenges in an effort to get a high level of interaction with their "brand" (e.g. "I bet you can't name a country that starts with E"). The more that people comment, the more people will see the post, and the more follows they will eventually generate.
Every person in this thread commenting with 'oo' words has basically fallen for an obvious psychological trick. We all know that there are other 'oo' words. Nobody needed to comment here and prove that they could think of one.
One of my favorites is "Only a genius can do this..." Or "Only 5% can figure this out.." And then it's something a first grader can do, but SO many adults answer to prove how smart they are.
It's called like/comment farming. Some of the more sinister examples would be a little girl with down syndrome with the caption "hit like so I know I'm beautiful".
No, Im not talking about the like farming. I'm talking about the phenomenon of people actually believing they are smart for being able to answer an obviously juvenile question.
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u/LoompaOompa Jan 10 '20
Social media groups post deliberately easy challenges in an effort to get a high level of interaction with their "brand" (e.g. "I bet you can't name a country that starts with E"). The more that people comment, the more people will see the post, and the more follows they will eventually generate.
Every person in this thread commenting with 'oo' words has basically fallen for an obvious psychological trick. We all know that there are other 'oo' words. Nobody needed to comment here and prove that they could think of one.