Is there anything we can do to fix social media echo chamber, what changes should be done to lemmy to stop it from turning into one? (www.psypost.org)

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[-] Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net 0 points 1 year ago

its only group think in that a lot of the group independently think the same thing.

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not disputing the official definition of groupthink. I'm challenging the idea that it is groupthink.

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