Suppose you are a participant in an online forum where people review online games, and one participant recently posted an angry rant in all caps, which elicited a harsh rebuke from several other users. Such a reprimand is a kind of

a.) formal social sanction.
b.) informal social sanction.
c.) expression of mechanical solidarity.
d.) violation of the collective conscience


Answer: b.) informal social sanction.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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