Why are videogame communities so consistently toxic?

[tuhu]

@codinghorror

What is being discussed is how small groups of really fringe belief sets TODAY are being radically empowered – to a historically unprecedented degree – by the modern “smartphone in every pocket” internet.

But:

Why are videogame communities so consistently toxic?

@codinghorror

Yes, there is a lot of general human asshattery, but it seems really unusually concentrated in videogame communities.

You’re going to need a historian to find out where all your goalposts were.