It's no longer the early 1990s. Back then there were less ties to social bonds in real life. I think you should follow the same norms on social media as you fo

It's no longer the early 1990s. Back then there were less ties to social bonds in real life. I think you should follow the same norms on social media as you follow in real life: IE, if you walked into most public places and said (what I won't repeat,) most people will think you're a weirdo and avoid you. IMO: The biggest difference between now and the 1990s was that oddball discussions, (like that kooky thing I won't repeat,) was that the oddball discussions generally only happened with people who were looking for them. Furthermore, if you were a nutbag, you might get banned from a small message board or dial-up BBS, but you could just move on to another small message board. Places like "the well," Compuserve, and AOL came and went out fashion really fast, so your opportunities to re-establish yourself were frequent. Now with much larger message boards, it's harder to re-establish yourself every 6 months to a year. (For example, if I repeat what you said in the original post, it'll show up on my Hacker News list of posts. I won't repeat it; but now everyone in Hacker News who wants to learn about your submissions will see your very weird comment above.) So, do what you do in real life: Read the room, and keep your mouth shut about the topics I won't repeat. Learn to blend in, and learn to find like minds.