Comment by llamageddon01 on 21/10/2021 at 14:07 UTC*

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Bandwagon Effect

Very simplistically, this is where people do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs which they may ignore or override. This tendency of people to blindly align their beliefs and behaviors with those of a group is also called a herd mentality, or on Reddit as the Hivemind. It’s a Reddit thing that is inexplicable but once you’ve seen it a few times it’s still inexplicable but at least you know what you’re seeing if not why. We study the problem and we’ve been studying it for damn well near a century, yes, but we get no further with our studies. Reddit is strange like that.

 

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhi8q57/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhia1a3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhi95gm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhifogw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhjow6a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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