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Why is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?
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this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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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.
Pretty much this. We have strong beliefs. Strong enough to leave a popular, functional platform for ideological reasons.
I left for user interface reasons, actually. That's why I'm still on lemmy and not piefed.
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.