> A million monthly active users counts as zero when silencing, bannings and fediblock ostracism over even individual disagreement is commonplace
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Nostr should beware. Outsiders level similar accusations of groupthink at us. I'm not sure they are wrong.
Take a look at the links below for a psychological explanation of why this happens.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZQG9cwKbct2LtmL3p/evaporative-cooling-of-group-beliefs
https://www.lesswrong.com/s/M3TJ2fTCzoQq66NBJ/p/yEjaj7PWacno5EvWa
I draw a pretty hard distinction like between:
- people deciding to voluntarily organize into "echo chambers"
- platforms either doing this *for you*, or simply not allowing certain discourse
But good LW links either way! I do need a refresher.
I agree it is an important difference morally. If you are an outsider who doesn't buy into the cult in question functionally it is the same.
I never used xitter, threads, bsky, or mastodon for a mix of both reasons.