• VeganBtw@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    To anyone reading this, the bystander effect is maybe not as strong as we once thought. Mainly because a 2019 study showed more than 200 real-life situations caught on CCTV where the bystander effect was not shown to happen.

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      10 hours ago

      It wasn’t even real in the Kitty Genovese case, which is the most famous “example” of it happening.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s still good practice. Suddenly everyone is looking at that person to do the thing, and if they don’t the problem is more clear.