I think you’re being too sensitive. Obviously there are some opinions that are overrepresented here, and that’s a real undenyable thing you’ll have in any community, and that’s what OP is asking about. Hivemind makes for a more catchy title than “opinions held by either a majority or at least a very vocal subset of the community”.
It’s a catchier title specifically because it taps into the narrative that you’re one of the few bucking the system, awake from the matrix, unlike all the cattle that surround you.
Like, I don’t always think it’s a big deal per se, I love slang and poetry, but I do side eye people who use that verbage a bit. It lacks respect for the people around you.
The younger people, by the way, call this “hivemind thing you might disagree with” a “hot take.” Sizzling, even. That’s catchy enough, I’d say.
I think you’re being too sensitive. Obviously there are some opinions that are overrepresented here, and that’s a real undenyable thing you’ll have in any community, and that’s what OP is asking about. Hivemind makes for a more catchy title than “opinions held by either a majority or at least a very vocal subset of the community”.
It’s a catchier title specifically because it taps into the narrative that you’re one of the few bucking the system, awake from the matrix, unlike all the cattle that surround you.
Like, I don’t always think it’s a big deal per se, I love slang and poetry, but I do side eye people who use that verbage a bit. It lacks respect for the people around you.
The younger people, by the way, call this “hivemind thing you might disagree with” a “hot take.” Sizzling, even. That’s catchy enough, I’d say.
Chill out man you’re overthinking this
… Sigh, okay, I will shorten it for you: Calling people a hivemind makes you look like the trenchcoat-wearing nerd in Grandma’s Boy.
👍 if you say so