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by enos_feedler 1991 days ago
And you can take this pattern even further back than Reddit. This is no different than the early 90s when everyone hung out in #warez on EFnet, even though very few people were actually involved in the warez scene. That being said, there were always a few true stars lurking in there. I got recruited from there to join private servers as a cracker in serious warez groups of the day. My point is, the social internet hasn't changed in 30 years and we shouldn't be surprised :)