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by Vampiero 606 days ago
> My theory was that in the age of multimedia platforms, text platforms tend to attract folks who specifically want to use text over multimedia. Generally text forums will select for folks with social or self-esteem issues. These folks are the least likely healthily deal with their emotions or disengage positively. This leads to higher toxicity on text based platforms.

Yeah that's very plausible indeed