Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols. Why is that?
minus-squareartifex@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 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-up6arrow-down1·3 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.