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?
In the case of live performances there are usually cues.
No one wants to be the only clapper. So, if a few people stop that triggers more people to stop that triggers even more people to stop. Kinda like an exponential decay.
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