duckling effect

What happens when one person from a group does something and the rest of the group instantly follows

"Chick gets up and leaves"
"Everyone else follows her without asking anything"
"Yet another example of the duckling effect"

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The Ugly Duckling Effect

When a friend of yours gets a girlfriend or boyfriend and they update their relationship on facebook, you click on their name to see what they look like and they are always the ugliest person in the group photo.

"Dude, Fred got a new girlfriend!"-Kyle
"Dude, let me see!" -Frank
"Oh, god nevermind, The ugly duckling effect strikes again." -Kule

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