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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by tenaciousDaniel on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:08PM (#19039502)
What's very interesting and frightening to me is the mental health version of this dynamic.

Someone with anorexia or another illness that destabilizes your perspective may find support in an online community. But they can also seek out and find communities that catalyze the destabilization.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by philwelch on Thursday January 31, 2019 @01:55AM (#19042983)
The real question is: is there really that much of a difference?
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by spookthesunset on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:14PM (#19041048)
/r/incels comes to mind in this regard.
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by tenaciousDaniel on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:01AM (#19044718)
Yes exactly. Prior to the internet, the "category of people whom no one wanted to have sex with" did not exist.
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by api on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:38PM (#19041176)
There are also a ton of subreddits that seem full of clinical paranoids, like the "Mandela Effect" crowd.
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