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Originally Posted by not.dead.yet
Lately, I've been visiting a lot of forums where people talk about whatever - just normal, everyday stuff mostly, and I've become really disheartened and have been feeling really down after seeing how mean people are to each other  Like, they constantly shame one another for thinking or feeling a certain way or for making mistakes in, for instance, parenting or any area of life, really.. Every message is a dig at someone else, they call people they've never met names, laugh at people.. This just makes me insanely anxious! |
I find it the same. I find that message boards have devolved a bit lately. Often people who post on them are very messed up and have very little to do. The message board is their lifeline and they are threatened by new people posting because they don't want anyone expressing different views. I find most people who post on message boards on a regular basis to have issues dealing with real life... which may explain the vitriol.
For me, I like message boards because I work and I simply don't have time to make friendships in real life like I can with message boards. The real trick is finding the right people on those message boards. That is increasingly hard.