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0 pointsthrowanem1y ago0 comments

> I've always felt that the 'there are only two internet cultures: 4chan and tumblr' has felt somewhat accurate.

"Somewhat accurate" is exactly right.

This formulation overstates the number of Internet cultures by one, in that the deepest and most shameful secret of both websites' most avid users is that they have always been both websites' most avid users.

Other than that, there's nothing wrong with it.

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lurk21y ago

> in that the deepest and most shameful secret of both websites' most avid users is that they have always been both websites' most avid users.

This isn’t true at all.

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helle2531y ago

I disagree with this statement, but I get what you're saying.

Two communities with distinct cultures, whose membership nonetheless overlaps, are still two distinct cultures.

They may influence each other through that overlapping membership, but that does not mean they're the same.

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