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This isn't about appreciation. Platforms that boys more often frequent are also often less toxic. They tend to be more vulgar perhaps, but there is a difference
by raxxorraxor 4y ago
This isn't about appreciation. Platforms that boys more often frequent are also often less toxic. They tend to be more vulgar perhaps, but there is a difference. Although that differentiation seems to be too much for many as some even suggested we need to end anonymity. Not a good idea. Some platforms have distinct demographics that favor one gender or the other and their focus is different.
Even platforms like 4chan or reddit are less toxic in a way because they are more impersonal. That is a huge difference compared to social media where you need to present yourself and people compare themselves to each other, a main source of social pressure. One kind of platform is centered around topics, the other kind is centered around people. Twitter is perhaps a mix in between.
Do you believe the common users on a platform primarily consisting of boys do value other users more? In a way that might even be true, but it certainly isn't about the appreciation of those you communicate with.
Granted, some equations change for public figures. There is a reason there are PR agencies for that and that was even before social media.
Girls tend to impose expectations on each other. There isn't some "traditional authority" who does so. Who would that be exactly? The parents? For teenage girls?