Upvotes on memes function like modern day laugh tracks

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breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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tuna@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y

LMAO, yeah this one didnt seem to hit did it

abbadon420@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think that's not quite right, but it's certainly an interesting take.

tuna@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, thinking about it more, the similarities are kind of narrow.

You could make a better comparison with a regular crowd, but then it wouldn't feel like much of a showerthought at that point because it's just observing that the crowd has moved online.

Laugh tracks might be used to improve there ratings of a show, but with memes there's not really a show and no one's forcing a laugh

I think the essence of what I was thinking of though is that just like a regular crowd, an online crowd can still influence you to think something is funnier or better than you would alone (at least for me)

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂

I didn't know how to react at first, but once you got over 20 upvotes, it all made sense.

Loduz_247@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

So in the future those upvotes will have deceased people.

Resol@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

So... downvotes function like boos?

Asking for some.