• nicetriangle
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    35 months ago

    Yeah I tend to agree. I think all communities have a critical mass and past that point they go downhill.

    I was just googling for the rat overpopulation experiment because I think it works as a great example of this and it turns out this whole concept has a term.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

    • @Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org
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      15 months ago

      I think a better metaphor is fermentation.

      It happens naturally whenever the ingredients are brought together but in order to get a quality product you need ridiculous amounts of knowledge, process, and technology.

      And even a tiny bit of the wrong bacteria can ruin an entire batch, but people will still drink it and go blind.