How to Build Trust

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The more someone sacrifices, especially in the name of our group, the more we're willing to trust him.

Which of these is a more accurate indicator that someone is a member of your group: a verbal statement of membership, or weekly attendance at group events (e.g. church)?

Actions speak louder than words, and expensive actions speak the loudest.

So what do humans have to sacrifice for the sake of showing loyalty to others?

In the most basic physical terms, we can offer time, resources (money, food, etc.), energy, health, status, fertility, and knowledge.

But no matter how it's sacrificed (or shared), watching a person give up something of value almost always makes you more likely to trust them.

Even friendship is often cemented with sacrifice. Sharing secrets and intimate details, for example, makes you vulnerable but engenders trust. In my own life, one of the things that helps me feel closer to someone is wasting time together.

On the internet people build trust by sharing knowledge. On Twitter, for example, it's very common for people wanting to gain trust to post threads about a certain topic.

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