/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>73170406
I think what also happened over time, is that many netizens use whatever sites and apps they please, so as you say, the overlaps are much bigger. This reduces tribalism in the long run = harder to talk shit about other places, if there are people present who actually use them. Curbs the angry mobs who run on grievances too, IE try convincing someone who uses 4chan that it is for pedophile-white-supremacist-incels-only on Twitter, watch them roll their eyes and ignore your head-canon. Its harder for demagogues to override people's personal experiences, they need that blind emotion to fool you.

>>72853662
Good points, and I remember this change too. I think it also has to do with more people being raised on the internet, reading less, indulging in self-selected content binges - echo chambers - circlejerks - and ofc with the development of troll culture and informational warfare. When people come out of touch with things that are not their immediate tribe, it lowers their ability to imagine and account for perspectives that are not their own.

People will always want to customize and select for personal taste, and that is always part of the refinement of certain times of media, in my experience anyways. The internet has, for better and for worse, been a disruptive tool to reshape our development as social animals. There is a silver lining, even through all the outrage mobs and astroturfing, this cells of echo chambers, are being mapped out for their characteristics, and this gives us a better understanding of our tribal nature. I think that topic is a huge issue for human development. Sorry for the blogpost anon, thank you for sticking till the end. Have a cute Mint taking notes.