Re:Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
by taupefrancis on Monday March 12, 2018 @08:21PM
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The Something Awful forums provided my first real exposure to 'internet culture'. I find myself reading their forums more and more often lately because discussions there seem less likely to devolve into an echo chamber. An account there is well worth the registration cost imo.
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Re:Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
by cirgue on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @10:05PM
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I think part of it is the lack of voting and the presence of easily-identifiable avatars: participants have an incentive to post things that generate maximum engagement and discussion with other specific users as opposed to maximum instantaneous agreement. In this regard it mirrors real-world social interaction much more closely than reddit/fb/twitter.