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		cj on Nov 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Narcissistic CEOs weaken collaboration and integri... > People are almost "over confident" sometimes. Is it possible that people are by and large the same, but that social media simply makes it very easy for people lacking confidence to come across as more confident than they really are?

ashelmire on Nov 10, 2019 [–]

I suspect it's more that the very confident have their messages amplified on social media. Most people I encounter in person are not like that.

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