[–] Limpingdead ago
The reason why Reddit has a hive mind is that 70% of them hold similar beliefs. They seem to all hate organized religion, most of them seem to hate guns, many of them love cats. Far more then half probably voted for Obama twice. The only way to prevent a hive mind is to have a varied population. Any time where you have a very large majority it will happen.
[–] newoldwave ago
The true purpose of PC is to stifle dissent and promote conformity. I think the "hive mind" is the group that all agree with each other and try to silence anyone who doesn't agree with them.
[–] SexySexySkeletor ago
I think both upvotes and downvotes (and unique child commentors) should contribute to a comments visibility. So a comment with 10 upvotes and 10 downvotes should be higher in the comment thred than one with 10 upvotes. This will encourage intellectual debate and discourage people from giving trolls negative attention.
I think being civil while disagreeing would prevent dissenting opinions from not talking.
And having karma reset to 0 every 6 months or so would also help.
[–] thebestjohn ago
The only thing to prevent a hive mind is to think for yourself. Don't only visit subverses and news sites which support your opinion, read news from different sources and be critical of all of them.
[–] NicolaeCeausescu ago
You can't. It is simply impossible. Don't try and make people behave the way you want them to - that's what happened to reddit and good riddance, too. No one is going to change their ways. They'll just move somewhere else where there are less restrictions. And that's basically why this site exists.
Don't ruin this site, too.