Why is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy? (lemmus.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols.

Why is that?

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[-] faltryka@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Could just be a consequence of a less ideologically diverse user base to start with.

I’m so upset about (privacy, reddit, corporatism, etc, etc) that I’m prepared to leave my large online social networks for a smaller space on principle is probably a bit of an outlier position to take.

Not that it’s wrong, but it’s probably something we all agree on. Something out there is so fucked up we refuse to be a part of it on principle, even if we don’t fully agree on what that is.

[-] RalphNader2028@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

This is the answer!

[-] 37piecesof_flare@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Principle*

Lovely observation of the greatest commonality here, though.

[-] faltryka@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Good call out, corrected.

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