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Martin Random
Jul 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Anonymity, no post memory, fast turnover, and survival only by mass user participation. Those are the ingredients of that form of interaction. I've seen people make a "chan" using post-it notes.

It doesn't surprise me that the issues that survive such an environment are racism, porn, fear, etc. Such discussions are like the power chords of internet mass communication. They are also easily translatable into short messages that take no time to write. The medium is responsible for the message... well that and the fact that we happen to respond to these things a lot more reliably and strongly than more nuanced discussions... which disappear.

Martin Random fucked around with this message at 01:49 on May 14, 2015

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