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Probably the more likely explanation is that the general individual has slowly withdrawn from society due to the internet.
by _tlbb 2y ago
Probably the more likely explanation is that the general individual has slowly withdrawn from society due to the internet.
- giantg2 2y agoWith how toxic many online communities are, I wonder what that says about how the real world must have treated them.
- watwut 2y agoFairly often, a person gets radicalized on the internet and then treats real world people around badly. Online toxic communities produce toxic people, but frequently those people were not mistreated all that much in the first place.
- mlinhares 2y agoI've also met multiple people I'd never want to interact IRL but that are actually ok/nice people out of the internet. Being behind a keyboard definitely seems to bring the worst out of some people.
- giantg2 2y agoBut choosing to spend time in those online communities in the first place might be an indicator that they're seeking community that they haven't been able to find, or were left out of in fhe real world.
- watwut 2y agoMight be, might be not. You really can not say that. Sometimes, online is simply cooler the exact same way new friends are sometimes cooler. It is more fun, because it is new and exciting. Sometimes, online (or new political group) hooks you in with fake threats that gives you feeling of purpose that has nothing to do with your actual environment being bad. Plus these groups are addictive by way of being bubbles - where your real life friends might tell you that "hey that is rude" or just wont appreciate you being derogative to others, like minded online individuals will embrace that part of you. And as you become more radical, IRL people will avoid you to avoid your toxicity while you will feel good in the similarly toxic environment.
- giantg2 2y agoI can say it just as much as you can say that the internet is the cause of the radicalization. Note the qualifier "might".