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Online gaming communities could provide a lifeline for isolated young men − new research (theconversation.com)
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[-] Guns4Gnus@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

They have been for the last 20 years.

Which is why we also have a bunch of men who are trying to hold on to jr. high mindsets about what they were told adulthood is like, rather than allowing themselves to mature beyond the gaming communities they found support in.

Remember, Steve Bannon already abused gaming communities for political gain.

The real question, is how hard would it be to set up networks of healthier mindsets, when games are doing their best to remove private servers from the minds of others, when those private servers are needed for securing the audience and preventing poor faith individuals from taking control

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These are great points. Worth noting too that Gamergate effectively jump-started the modern alt-right movement.

[-] Phoenixbouncing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I must admit I thought it was the tea party mouvement, but I didn't follow either too closely at the time.

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I would say it is the advent of social media that fueled modern populism.

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