Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?Beep@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols. Why is that?
minus-squarelimpatzk@bookwyr.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoI’ve always thought it’s weird, kind of childish, to downvote posts just because you disagree with them. I usually downvote posts that are low-quality, rude comments or misinformation.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoi downvote posts that whine about downvoting. and in '26 pretty much everything anyone disagrees with is ‘misinformation’. people no longer agree on basic facts of reality anymore.
I’ve always thought it’s weird, kind of childish, to downvote posts just because you disagree with them. I usually downvote posts that are low-quality, rude comments or misinformation.
i downvote posts that whine about downvoting.
and in '26 pretty much everything anyone disagrees with is ‘misinformation’. people no longer agree on basic facts of reality anymore.