This is singlehandedly the best piece of satire I have ever seen, I was rolling the entire read, bravo. As a European, this reads like a black mirror episode.
To quote the website: "This should probably be illegal!"
Content and formatting rules are just to keep things on topic. When people mention the bare minimum of moderation, that is literally the bare minimum, and I never said they are struggling with it. They just choose to not remove any inflammatory or borderline content because they want to be that place.
it would be a lot less extreme than 4chan is
I don't really think so, every online fora I've been a part of starts unmoderated, and it works, for years sometimes. But every single time without fail when a platform reaches a critical mass, moderation becomes necessary.
I think putting a digital mask on shows the true nature of people, and moderation is the only way of keeping conversation* civil on the internet.
4chan is what the internet would look like if everything had the bare minimum of moderation. Actually a very interesting case study about the human psyche, and I've had many a interesting conversation on there, especially early internet days.
Is it a shithole? Overall, yes. But the right board at the right time is truly early internet ethos.
"Victory and defeat happens in our heads first", good luck and I'm counting on it
I stick to my word, it will work for you, 100% guaranteed. Be open and approach each interaction as if your meeting a friend. You'll get there bud
Make the move! You'll know and they'll know when the moment is right, but don't rush it!
Oh no you're mistaken, I got incredibly lucky. But after more than a decade I can confidently say that I've never seemed more desirable since I have nothing to prove. That confidence is what I'm talking about, I've seen many people try hard and fail. I've seen many more people try less and succeed.
It will, maintaining friendships and especially new ones requires a lot of effort. I'm saying when you meet people you don't think they'll be your SO, but rather a new friend. That's now an entirely different conversation, one which has a much more relaxed nature, increasing the chances of a potential relationship.
You're missing the point by like a mile, you have to be open to new ones. Relationships don't just appear out of nowhere.
That's the thing, it will work 100% guaranteed. As long as you're open to new friendships. Will the first person fall in love with you? Probably not. The second? Also probably not. That's the beauty of it, you'll either have an SO or a ton of friends, and having a friend of the opposite gender is like wingman paradise.
Yeeaah I drew the line at the printscreens, it was a really interesting video with a lot of effort and research put in, unlike this article.