Online social networks (OSN) like Facebook and Twitter have created a space for people to easily express their opinions, which can encourage open dialogue and stimulate plenty of disagreements. Research now reveals that just like in face-to-face relationships, intellectually humble behavior, like admitting when you are wrong, leads to better impression formation online.
"Willingness to engage in wrongness admission is positively correlated with agreeableness, openness to experience, honesty/humility and
In other words, like the old statesman Benjamin Franklin advised in the 1700's,"Honesty is the best policy," at least if you want people to think well of you online. The final post by Participant A contained the manipulation. In one condition, Participant A ended the conversation by posting,"…I guess I am wrong and you are right on this. Thanks for posting those links and thanks for the conversation!" In the other condition, Participant A ended the conversation by posting,"…I still think I am right and you are wrong.
Humans have an inherent need to form and maintain relationships but forming them online can be tricky with people gathering information about you based merely on textual and pictorial information posted.
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