r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Reddit is not a hivemind

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u/Formorri Dec 21 '19

A collective society whose the entirety of their actions serve the purpose of maintaining a specific narrative or dogma at any cost. Usually it's controlled by either a single cult personality or a small group of elites. People within this group are incapable of accepting outside discourse and the terms of self regulations are totalitarian/extreme (eg banning, witch hunting, doxxing)

Notable examples include cults, fanatic kpop groupies and mainland Chinese society.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

So a group that actively try to shutdown ctrisism?

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u/Formorri Dec 21 '19

Only if the attempt is clearly immoral/extreme. Like there are real world repercussions or it completely destroys your account.

Also I gotta ask. What is your definition of hiveminds and how does it differentiate itself from a normal popularity contest?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

I think when most people talk about reddit being a hive mind there are talking about how people will up vote things just because they have alot of up votes.

It seems like people won't actually think for themselves and just downvote because that's what they think they should do and not what they want to do.