• @thetreesaysbark
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    14011 days ago

    updoots encourages circlejerk

    I mean, making a post about hating on Reddit, on Lemmy, is pretty circlejerky too at this point.

    • Lvxferre
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      2111 days ago

      I mean, making a post about hating on Reddit, on Lemmy, is pretty circlejerky too at this point.

      There’s a key difference, at least when it comes to hating Reddit.

      Most [all?] users here have actual, informed reasons to hate Reddit, from past experiences with the site. They aren’t simply joining some bandwagon due to social expectations to bend to the crowd.

        • Lvxferre
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          10 days ago

          Yes, it is. I don’t disagree with thetreesaysbark and you on that.

          However I think that a circlejerk formed by similar-minded individuals gathering into the same place is far, far more benign than your “typical” circlejerk revolving around social pressure.

          Also, let us [humans in general] not fool ourselves into believing that circlejerks are avoidable. Humanity boils down to “circlejerking hairless chimps” anyway.