How Outrage Spreads Online

CGP Grey · Explainer · YouTube title: Can You Watch This Without Getting Angry?

Why it's here

HN links it constantly in threads on social media, polarization and outrage as the canonical explanation of why angry content wins.

What it covers

CGP Grey explains how ideas spread like germs, and why content that triggers outrage spreads fastest, using a study on what makes online content viral. He argues that opposing outrage-driven memes feed each other.