[ WP ] A collective consciousness that can not take control of people 's bodies by force . It must persuade people to join willingly .

The hivemind swept across the globe with relative ease. It wasn ’ t a regular hivemind, mind. You had to *want* to join it before it took you into its fold. 
 
 
 Those under it maintained *some* level of autonomy, but largely they were directly controlled by the wireless connections that meshed them together. It was a thing born of the internet, that quickly grew and expanded, creating new technologies until those who had opted in to it became linked, shared thoughts and feelings more so than any previous trial before. The birth of the hivemind. 
 
 
 Public opinion was mixed, largely due to the people that had chosen to meld themselves. A wide array of misfits, people who were largely rejected by society. The weeaboos, the neckbeards, the furries, bronies, militant atheists, you name it. Not all of those chose to meld, and some outright rejected it, claiming it to be insidious and a “ shithole ”, but for the most part, it was a form of escapism they could get only by outsourcing thought, as it were. 
 
 
 Once meshed and melded, the hivemind grew to accommodate them, the overall thoughts and ethos of it weighting ever more slightly. The end result was a ‘ Tyranny of the Majority ”, where the foremost groups were represented foremost in the hivemind ’ s overall being, its self. There was some disparity between certain parts, like it wasn ’ t fully in agreement with itself. Cognitive dissonance that often caused many users to disconnect themselves – there was nothing to stop them, after all. 
 
 
 All you had to do was register, it was as simple as that. 
 
 
 I decided one day that I would join. It was a spur of the moment thing. My parents were adamant that I shouldn ’ t, it was tantamount to killing yourself. Not really, I reasoned, because I ’ m still being represented by it. 
 
 
 You simply went to a website and created an account, accepting the terms and conditions, which I did. 
 
 
 Just like that, I had a Reddit account. 

