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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by bfuller on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#16877464)
>It's toxic because a relatively small number of mentally ill people can effectively overrun any conversation. These people are not interested in rational discourse. You can't spin that as "the challenging of ideas".

you know what is truly toxic? internet armchair psychologists.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by wvenable on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:05PM (#16877651)
I run a forum and I've had to deal with mentally ill individuals, you don't understand frightening that can be.

They have all the time in the world to hack your software, doxx you, create entire blogs to attempt to publicly ruin your reputation, call your family, your employers, etc. You give them a podium to post their views and they will use it. Internet armchair psychologists more toxic than that? You should only hope so.

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Re:‘I Fundamentally Believe That My Time at Reddit Made the ... by ThurmaUman on Thursday April 19, 2018 @12:59PM (#16877580)
QED
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