Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square65linkfedilinkfile-text
It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols. Why is that?
minus-squareartifex@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoOh, nothing, but the complaint is “too much groupthink”, and users on that instance tend to have a lot of solidarity and surface issues and topics that a fair chunk of the lemmy user base probably don’t usually see in their other social feeds.
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoGroupthink isn’t always negative. Often yes; not always.
Oh, nothing, but the complaint is “too much groupthink”, and users on that instance tend to have a lot of solidarity and surface issues and topics that a fair chunk of the lemmy user base probably don’t usually see in their other social feeds.
Groupthink isn’t always negative. Often yes; not always.