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I don't know if it's 8chan, but there's a really weird cryptofascist--barely even "crypto", tbh--strain in that community. And I can see why. The community that
by eropple 7y ago
I don't know if it's 8chan, but there's a really weird cryptofascist--barely even "crypto", tbh--strain in that community. And I can see why. The community that huddles around outdated and bad tech for the reasons they do is going to skew regressive and is going to get progressively (ha!) more upset and resentful over time. That self-selects for the kinds of toxicity that share significant comorbidities with the "alt-right" and worse groups on that axis.
- tya99 7y agoI've noticed this too, and I've also noticed it stems from their team members. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22614144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22614144
- mandraphone 7y agoHere we see another example of guilt by association, together with confirmation bias/ideologicalized connect the dots and you have a perfect example of how the Far-left crowd is operating. Outdated and bad tech = Pale moon/The community = Cryptofascist