{"id":2405,"date":"2017-03-01T23:54:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T23:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.coldstreams.com\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2017-03-01T23:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T23:54:15","slug":"the-perpetually-outraged-on-social-media-are-virtue-signaling-their-personal-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2017\/03\/01\/the-perpetually-outraged-on-social-media-are-virtue-signaling-their-personal-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"The perpetually outraged on social media are virtue signaling their personal goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"

As noted on our blog, many users turn social media into a platform for perpetual outage, with their outrage volume set to 11. Why do they do it?
\nA research paper<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n

Getting outraged on others’ behalf often isn’t about altruism but soothing personal guilt and asserting one’s status as a good person.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists<\/a><\/em>
\nIn other words, the perpetually outraged think they are virtue signaling that they are better than others.
\nAnd<\/p>\n

“When people publicly rage about perceived injustices that don’t affect them personally<\/strong>, we tend to assume this expression is rooted in altruism\u2014a “disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.” But new research suggests that professing such third-party concern\u2014what social scientists refer to as “moral outrage”\u2014is often a function of self-interest, wielded to assuage feelings of personal culpability for societal harms or reinforce (to the self and others) one’s own status as a Very Good Person.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Very, very, very few outraged posts I see on social media have to do with issues that impact the outraged poster, directly. This is why I have been perplexed by the level of outrage displayed. The study described here, however, finds\u00a0that directing “outrage at a third-party decreased guilt”. Expressing outrage “inflated participants perception of personal morality<\/em>” – in other words, social media outrage is virtual signaling that you are better than others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As noted on our blog, many users turn social media into a platform for perpetual outage, with their outrage volume set to 11. Why do they do it? A research paper explains: Getting outraged on others’ behalf often isn’t about altruism but soothing personal guilt and asserting one’s status as a good person. Source: Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists In other words, the perpetually outraged think they are virtue signaling that they are better than others. And “When people…<\/p>\n

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