[kelseyfrog]

I don't understand the authors "true crime" reference. I'd always associated true crime with middle aged white suburban moms podcast habits, not teens and young adults glorifying mass shootings. Did I miss something or did the author?

[shagie]

That was referencing the killer in the Abundant Life Christian School shooting.

This isn't the true crime of classic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_crime but rather people commenting on crimes.

https://www.wisn.com/article/madison-school-shooting-reveals...

    True Crime Community

    Researchers say these posts and her online actions fit the mold of the internet group "True Crime Community," or TCC.

    The online group often focuses on mass shootings and other crimes, researching and in some cases idolizing previous attacks.

    "TCC and other similar online forums are one location online where individuals who are seeking justification for their desire to engage in violence, to express their anger at society, to express their feeling of being a victim, and they consume content found on those forums," Cohen explained.

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"The "true crime community" of tumblr is really fucked up" - https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/7e7v0b/the_true_cri...

[thomassmith65]

I was similarly puzzled, but Wikipedia has a "True Crime Community" entry that matches the usage in the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Crime_Community

[goatlover]

Why would true crime be limited to that demographic? Lots of different people have an interest in certain crimes, particularly unsolved or controversial ones.

[kelseyfrog]

No one is saying that it's limited, just that it's the primary demographic that comes to mind when true crime is the subject.

What I learned is that true crime as a genre is different than the True Crime Community(TCC) which is a different demo and is associated with glorification of violence and one of the sources of enacted violence.