Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again

Re:Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again by egypturnash on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:49PM (#19963711)

I feel there is an argument that this is one of the reasons people are gravitating to private chats. They’re invitation only. You’re not running the risk of your offhand snark about something with political ramifications getting besieged by bots and drones the way you are on Twitter.

You have to be someone who people want to connect with. And if you stop being that kind of person you run the risk of getting kicked out.

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Re:Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again by CM30 on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:13PM (#19965260)

Also not at risk of it becoming an online controversy with articles in the media and the potential of your employer firing you to save their own reputation.

Sites like Reddit, Facebook and especially Twitter have a bad reputation for taking people who said something slightly controversial and making them online pariahs.

These more private systems are safe from both drama fanatics and people looking for controversies, and from journalists looking for controversial communities to infiltrate and profile.

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