Mob Mentality

Discussions center on how individuals in groups, especially online communities like Reddit and Hacker News, exhibit herd or mob mentality, losing individual judgment and rationality, often referencing the bystander effect and crowd dynamics.

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Sample Comments

8note Jan 11, 2021 View on HN

People do get dumb in mobs, so that could be true

trts Jul 6, 2021 View on HN

People have lost their individual minds. The collective mind prevails.

darkerside Feb 7, 2023 View on HN

Well, there's a lot of us. Someone's bound to. Call it the Malice of Crowds.

ghaff May 26, 2016 View on HN

Or just an idea of how the herd mentality can so utterly overwhelm common sense.

bawolff Nov 3, 2022 View on HN

I don't think you need excessively large groups for a mob mentality to take root.

OhHeyItsE Feb 1, 2016 View on HN

seriously. talk about herd mentality.

npteljes Jun 16, 2021 View on HN

I agree that situations like this are scary, because they can lead to mob mentality. I wonder why you're downvoted for this.

tomrod Feb 7, 2011 View on HN

A mob mind is rarely well-informed.

xboxnolifes Oct 7, 2022 View on HN

replying to a group conversation (reddit thread, hackernews comments, twitter chain, etc) is closer to a mob than an individual activity.

starkd Feb 2, 2023 View on HN

Not necessarily an intentional conspiracy, but it can just be that of a herd mentality. As a species, we are conditioned to follow the herd, to go along to get alone. Those that do not follow tend to get trampled, their concerns not even listened to.