the internet used to be more decentralized. back in the day i browsed several niche forums daily but now everything is condensed to a few websites where you can discuss anything on the specified board (unless they deem it a no-no topic and ban it entirely). we always had powertripping mods on the small forums but their little melties only extended to their small kingdom of power, now you have reddit powermods in charge of hundreds of subreddits that will make it their mission to get you barred from the entire website if they feel slighted about a comment you made about a basketball player.
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