• abbadon420
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    3 months ago

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

    • tuna@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      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)