What does it mean to be called a Lemming? (www.dictionary.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Nihlan@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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«A person who follows the will of others, especially in a mass movement, and heads straight into a situation or circumstance that is dangerous, stupid, or destructive.»

So i guess we are in the midst of a lemmingrun right now!

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[-] spaduf 13 points 2 years ago

I honestly don't think this platform specific language needs to stick around. I really think a lot of that originated as marketing and has always felt somewhat unnatural to me. Particularly because the threadiverse/fediverse is made up of many interconnecting platforms it's pretty clear that these terms will cause more friction than anything else.

This is also why I prefer lemmy's communities to kbin's magazines. Communities feels more like a universal description while magazines feels like platform specific language.