Asklemmy

43755 readers

1266 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

124

What factors do you think contributed to the "Reddit Hivemind"? How do you believe it can be avoided? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Cataphract@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

130 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I've been seeing more often (and others have posted the same) that some of the elements of "Reddit etiquette" seem to be taking over here. Luckily I can still find discussion comments but it seems the jokes and general "downvote because I disagree" are slowly taking over.

So the question becomes is it the size or the functionality of the site? The people or popularity? What's your thoughts?

edit: should I change it to Lemmy-hivemind? Exhibit A: the amount of downvotes without a single explanation (guessing it's anything to do with Reddit being talked about).

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

certain ideas usually unanimously shared between individuals get boosted up to the top and become general consensus.

Weird how those ideas of yours usually correspond with something western politicians and think thanks spout on the daily.

Weird how non western ideas that somehow survive deletion are usually downvoted to oblivion or flagged and hidden.

Weird how Reddit hired a literal CIA agent to manage their content even though said person had zero experience working that role.

Weird weird weird back-to-me

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

But everything at all times is the Reddit hivemind. Nothing can change or improve. Reddit is inevitable. smuglord