They are contributing a bit, but the outside environment is still too favorable to those who serve the gods of outrage and violence rather than the gods of epistemic sanity and nonviolent negotiation, to put it shortly
I do ponder this abt tpot- like, the "just grilling" vibe helps turn away warriors by looking like there's nothing to gain from fighting... but occasionally someone catches on that some of the tpot anons are ppl w some irl influence and get confused and then angry abt their confusion
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Reply · May 31, 2023Imo the ppl "just grilling" in tpot are still contributing - an example of things going better? what makes the walls too high in your opinion?Reply · Aug 19, 2023@IvyAstrix probably both? but some ppl have been criticizing tpot in particular as having conflict avoidant norms and too many ppl who just wanna…Reply · May 8, 2023sigh, they're planning an assault over on What's Hot rn... is tpot unusually nonviolent vs other social media or are these ppl unusually unhinged?Reply · May 6, 2023lol what??? is there some malign force in tpot trying to steer ppl to do particular things?