SORTING & PEER EFFECTSFUN◉ LIVE LAB
Standing Ovation (Page–Miller)
Quality plus sightlines plus personal thresholds explain why crowds stand — or don't.
How it works
- Quality sets the ceiling; sightlines spread the signal.
- Each person stands when enough visible others stand.
- Front rows are kingmakers — late quality rarely rescues a cold start.
Use → Social proof, launches, applause dynamics.
Watch out → Mistaking a seated crowd for dislike when it is just bad sightlines.
Try it → At the next talk, note who stands first and where they sit.
REDCAPE jobs → Explain
Free sources → Coursera M1 (Sorting & Peer Effects)
INTERACTIVE LABoriginal recreation — poke it
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JOINED
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MEAN THRESHOLD
9.5
Numbers are each person's threshold. Move person #2 from 1 to 2: the average barely changes, the riot vanishes.
Attach to a lattice — combines with
Different families, shared jobs. Disagreement between them is where insight lives.
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SHARED JOB: EXPLAIN
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SHARED JOB: EXPLAIN
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SHARED JOB: EXPLAIN