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

submitted 1 month ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 principal 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 principal, even if we don’t fully agree on what that is.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty much this. We have strong beliefs. Strong enough to leave a popular, functional platform for ideological reasons.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I left for user interface reasons, actually. That's why I'm still on lemmy and not piefed.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I left because all of my accounts were banned for criticizing the government 🤷. I like it here more though. Smaller community makes it easier to be part of the conversation.

[–] choui4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I left because all my accounts were banned by zionists

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well you are in mostly good company here. Welcome to the resistance.

[–] choui4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Thanksss. We need more people. We need some reactionairies, to spice things up