4 ms·
Metafilter is the only community that I've seen that had "agree with the hivemind" as an explicit rule! I don't know whether it still operates this way, but for
by boastful_inaba 4y ago
Metafilter is the only community that I've seen that had "agree with the hivemind" as an explicit rule!
I don't know whether it still operates this way, but for a very long time it ran with a "read the room" rule, which meant that disagreeing with the others in a thread was a mute/banworthy offense. So of course a site monoculture would develop under those circumstances...
- WesternWind 4y agoThere's an expectation on MeFi that people's lived experience trumps people's hot takes. Whereas in a lot of communities, HN included, a majority viewpoint, even if it reflects a very shallow understanding, can be immensely popular. To some extent that's just bike-shedding, and maybe that's okay on HN, but Metafilter covers a wider range of topics, and handles a lot of them well.
- Jordrok 4y agoYou should check out the subreddit rules for r/conservative.