I think most people figure they’ll clap until the applause dies down. But if everyone were to think like that we would clap forever. How does the audience hive mind, for lack of a better term, stop the applause?
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I teach my students that polite applause is 8 claps long.
The length of total applause depends on how many people are enthusiastic and how many are giving whatever they perceive to be the bare minimum.
Applause is over when enough people drop out that continued clapping is awkward.
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