Curious to know, I’d heard “lemming” used in a semi derogatory way, since “a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction” is the dictionary definition. It seems to be the first thing to come to mind as to what you’d call a Lemmy user.

This platform certainly is embodying a mass movement to get off of reddit, and I’m definitely all for it! But I can’t help but feel this could be one of those baby names that sounded cute and catchy but could be bullied later into life. What are your thoughts?

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    1 year ago

    I appreciate it as a self-aware jab at the nature of online communities in general, and it amuses me. Every human is a lemming in some way, shape or form, there’s just nothing new under the sun so-to-speak. But by being aware of this tendency we can control our own behavior more consciously and effectively.

    Gotta be able to laugh at yourself though, which is a capability that not everybody possesses.

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        1 year ago

        I like self sorting systems. Let the easily offended become offended and go somewhere else. They do have the right to be offended, after all.

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          Which group of easily offended people is going to be the largest?

          • Those who get offended and therefore leave,
          • or those who get offended but stay, because their curiosity won’t let them go,
          • or those who get offended and stay to troll and throw 💩 around and watch the world burn.