Anon contributing to that post here.
Reading the basics now, and it makes perfect sense.
This is basically reddit in a nutshell.
<I get points for going with the hivemind, and gold if I go along with the hivemind exceptionally well.
<Not getting the rewards I'm used to for doing the same thing over and over… might as well repost and try again.
<What, disagreeing with the hivemind gets me bad rewards? But what they're saying is wrong! Do I speak up or shut up?
They've turned vicarious reinforcement into crowdsourced fascism.