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Re:Making friends on the internet by xboxnolifes on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @02:13PM (#31263915)
Toxicity seems to correlate with size of the gaming community. I rarely have any issues when I join sub-groups to an interest, but trying to have casual conversation in a major subreddit/discord for a game is impossible.
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Re:Making friends on the internet by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @02:25PM (#31264087)
I've always had a feeling that toxicity is a function of community size.

Like in small online communities, you get to know the trolls and it's oddly endearing. You see their personality and everybody gets to know them and their trolling doesn't even derail discussion at that point it just makes everyone laugh.

Truly toxic individuals can also be booted. When a community reaches a certain size there is just an unrelenting deluge of anonymous trolls and toxic individuals, nobody can keep up.

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