I feel like there isn’t a “hive mind” on Lemmy like there was/is on Reddit. Even if just a few folks disagreed with your opinion on Reddit, everyone else felt like they HAD to downvote it too and then the next thing you know, you’re being downvoted to oblivion. Here, it seems that folks actually respect your opinion whether or not they agree with it; and while you may get a few downvotes or more, people aren’t afraid of upvoting your comment either.

Such a different vibe and I’m here for it!

I think a hive mind will develop, just based on the nature of the format. In any community there will be prevailing opinions that are upvoted and dissenting opinions that are downvoted. People are still settling down and searching for their specific corners to camp in, which is why you’re probably seeing more variety for the time being.

Plus Beehaw exists, so there’s your hive mind right there. Get it? Cause they’re bee themed? Beehive?

Is Beehaw like Lemmy? The world feels like it has exploded since Reddit died (imo), I have been never on the niche parts of the internet but this is so interesting and i like it. So is Beehaw worth checking out?

He was joking. Hive mind and _Bee_haw. Bees make hive. Source: I do dad jokes too.

I understand the joke lmao, I’m just asking in all honesty.

Beehaw is a Lemmy instance that defederated from a couple of large instances. Lemmy.world being one of them

And they all act like a hive mind, massive circle jerk?

This happened a few weeks ago when a bunch of people from reddit first started hopping over. They gave some reasons for why they were doing it. Like how they want to curate a specific type of instance, keep it smaller, they don’t want people that have very different opinions from them because they want a safe space, moderating was becoming a challenge. Some people from other instances were saying that Beehaw seems like they want a walled garden. It’s too bad because they had some good communities.

So we are just gonna let them do their thing? This sounds like a good opportunity for a sabotage multi-instance lemmy war

Why do you want to just fuck shit up, when you don’t even understand how it works?