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There's a bright side??

haolez 3y ago
Some multiplayer games can be considered social networks and can develop deep relationships. It's the ones like Instagram and TikTok that try to get you addicted and incentives showing off.
explaininjs 3y ago
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- Tao3300 3y ago
  Almost cute, but I don't give a flying fuck about my HN points. I also haven't counted as "youth" in a long time.
  - juanani 3y ago
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  - explaininjs 3y ago
    You clearly get something of benefit out of this social media, otherwise you wouldn’t likely use it so consistently for so long. What makes you doubt people younger than you might get similar benefits from other social media?
- somedude895 3y ago
  Looking into people's posting history for the sake of arguments is bad etiquette, please refrain from it.
  - explaininjs 3y ago
    Who are you to tell me what to do? I listen to site Guidelines and moderators, not random dudes making up rules at will. And while we’re on the topic of bad etiquette, “bossing people around when you hold absolutely zero authority…”
Levitz 3y ago
They always served as a escape route for ostracized people. Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I'm not sure we need "social media" for this, unless we consider old php forums "social media" though.
- ip26 3y ago
  I find myself wondering “at what price”. For every oddball who found their community online, there must be 10x, 100x, 1000x as many experiencing only the dark side. There are, by definition, not that many oddballs. It’s a funny blind spot; the tech community is often concentrated oddball, after all.
  - livinginfear 3y ago
    > For every oddball who found their community online... I felt very sympathetic to this point in the past. Now I'm wondering if this might actually be a bug, and not a feature.
- livinginfear 3y ago
  > Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I don't think anyone needed to. My personal theory is that this kind of paraphilia is an indirect consequence of the kind of media saturated environment we live in. I don't think that being a 'furry' is an expression of some intrinsic personal quality. It's a disorder of the modern world.
- steve1977 3y ago
  > Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I’m not sure if it’s healthy to reinforce each and every behavior in the name of “equality”. Maybe it would be better if some things don’t have a community?
  - jstarfish 3y ago
    Furries have always struck me as odd, but generally wholesome. Yiff aside, they're a LARP group, not a cult of sexuality-- a social clique engaging in cosplay theatre. Where's the harm here?

Some multiplayer games can be considered social networks and can develop deep relationships. It's the ones like Instagram and TikTok that try to get you addicted and incentives showing off.

explaininjs 3y ago

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Tao3300 3y ago
Almost cute, but I don't give a flying fuck about my HN points. I also haven't counted as "youth" in a long time.
- juanani 3y ago
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- explaininjs 3y ago
  You clearly get something of benefit out of this social media, otherwise you wouldn’t likely use it so consistently for so long. What makes you doubt people younger than you might get similar benefits from other social media?
somedude895 3y ago
Looking into people's posting history for the sake of arguments is bad etiquette, please refrain from it.
- explaininjs 3y ago
  Who are you to tell me what to do? I listen to site Guidelines and moderators, not random dudes making up rules at will. And while we’re on the topic of bad etiquette, “bossing people around when you hold absolutely zero authority…”

Levitz 3y ago

They always served as a escape route for ostracized people. Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I'm not sure we need "social media" for this, unless we consider old php forums "social media" though.

ip26 3y ago
I find myself wondering “at what price”. For every oddball who found their community online, there must be 10x, 100x, 1000x as many experiencing only the dark side. There are, by definition, not that many oddballs. It’s a funny blind spot; the tech community is often concentrated oddball, after all.
- livinginfear 3y ago
  > For every oddball who found their community online... I felt very sympathetic to this point in the past. Now I'm wondering if this might actually be a bug, and not a feature.
livinginfear 3y ago
> Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I don't think anyone needed to. My personal theory is that this kind of paraphilia is an indirect consequence of the kind of media saturated environment we live in. I don't think that being a 'furry' is an expression of some intrinsic personal quality. It's a disorder of the modern world.
steve1977 3y ago
> Good luck finding a furry community in the 50s. I’m not sure if it’s healthy to reinforce each and every behavior in the name of “equality”. Maybe it would be better if some things don’t have a community?
- jstarfish 3y ago
  Furries have always struck me as odd, but generally wholesome. Yiff aside, they're a LARP group, not a cult of sexuality-- a social clique engaging in cosplay theatre. Where's the harm here?