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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by zozbot234 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @03:23PM (#30352124)
SA used to be in a troll war with the old Slashdot.org tech forum. 4chan was a later 'spinoff' built by a Something Awful user, and taking much of its initial community from there. Given these facts I've never thought of Something Awful as especially free from toxicity.
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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by jart on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:22PM (#30355627)
They also used to be very toxic to the the Church of Scientology and Habbo Hotel. Nevar forget.
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Re:I love you, Hacker News, but you’re toxic by alophawen on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:00PM (#30355869)
Pool's closed!

But that's Anonymous, not SA.

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