People tend to trust people they don’t know well when they are introduced by someone they know well, but people tend to introduce others to others without thinking twice. https://twitter.com/mr_konn/status/1417118370374119425?s=21
If Mr. A says to Mr. B, “Introduce introduce someone with attribute X,” Mr. B will think of someone with attribute X and introduce the person who comes to mind. Most people are “trust neutral.” On the other hand, A trusts B and has a “positive trust level” and tends to give a positive trust level to the person B referred.
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