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13459509, agreed, Sports Board was rare air
Posted by Beamer6178, Tue May-03-22 07:28 PM
>>I don’t remember. But meanwhile there was FAR more legit
>>comedy on OKS than General..
>
>As others have said it was social media before social media.
>Before like and angry algorithms created an echo chamber....
>
>What you could find-- particularly in the sports board is a
>community that loved sports deeply despite various
>affiliations. There was a diversity of thought and opinion
>that gave fodder for great debates and rivalries, and
>different perspectives.
>
>At the same time it was a relatively safe space-- especially
>away from racism that is a part of so many other communities.
>No im not saying that racism or racists didnt exist in OKS,
>but most those people would get weeded on in the community. It
>wasnt like going to reddit (now) or the pac12 or sec message
>boards where those people had no context and understanding of
>racism.