The Cult Of Worse-onality

Social media’s race to the bottom of the bucket.

Steve QJ

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I suspect that a lot of strange things can happen if you put enough crabs in a bucket. But as far as I know, only one of them has a name.

The “crab-bucket effect" refers to the phenomenon where a consortium of crabs grab hold of any potential escapees and pull them back down into the bucket (yes, I’m also only…

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Steve QJ

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