/soy/ - Soyjaks

Hello nusois, have you ever wondered why bait is everywhere on the sharty? This is because when you respond to bait, the baiters succeed and therefore want to do it again, which causes a feedback loop. This is an example of unintentional operant conditioning.

What is operant conditioning? Operant conditioning, developed by B.F. Skinner, is a learning process where voluntary behaviors are modified by their consequences—reinforcement (strengthening) or punishment (weakening). In this case, your clitty leaking to the bait is reinforcement.

Although /soy/ is strictly against namefagging/samefagging, it gives certain repeat baiters (such as the K-On spammer) a sense of belonging on the sharty (primarily /soy) through those actions, this is an example of social identity theory.

Common reasons for this need of social attention on an anonymous website is that the baiter is a social outcast (whether that be to looks or most likely personality), is socially inept (a sign of high functioning autism) or simply lacks the talent/drive to have hobbies outside of bait on the sharty.