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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by krapp on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:47PM (#25154151)
>Mainstream media has tried and failed to understand it for decades now.

Yes... because even after decades of industry-wide integration with the web and a generation of people working in media who have grown up with it, somehow they still can't grasp the true nature of this one forum full of shitposting edgelords.

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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by oscribinn on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:05PM (#25154341)
You're actually on point even though you're being sarcastic. Communities aren't hiveminds, and the edgiest members of a group don't constitute the whole picture. Upvotes and downvotes definitely work to make communities act more like them, however.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by 9HZZRfNlpR on Thursday November 19, 2020 @07:33PM (#25156126)
4chan is very much mainstream and much more than /pol/, it's one of the most popular websites on the internet.
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