Social proof is beneficial for maintaining mental health

Note that this does not mean that "ego search is beneficial," SEE About Ego Search.

social proof is beneficial in maintaining mental health.

When there are a specific few evaluators, the mentality tends to be to avoid getting a bad evaluation from them.

The positive reputation of society and (the) market (as a concept), which is unspecified, will raise the level of self-assurance.

Social proof is in itself an effect of social proof, as it raises the level of self-esteem.

In other words, if there are only a few evaluators regarding "whether I am worth it," they will be truly depressed when they are evaluated as "not worth it," but if there is already an evaluation from the market, the negative evaluation, "You may not value it, but many others do," will be You can reject it.

I note that I came across a specific example that fits this description.

While searching for the title of my book, I found the direct expression "NISHIO Hirokazu is a turd.

I'm not sure what made me think it was a turd.

I would be depressed if this was the only evaluation, but since I've already received over 100 compliments on the book, I can through "Well, no matter what you make, there are people who don't like it." #ThroughoutAbilities

If he had been more specific and said, "He has these characteristics, and they are undesirable," there would have been room for reference, but there is no way to make effective use of simple abuse, is there?

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