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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.
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