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“Weird” Actually niche online communities aren’t weird. Just because a topic isn’t repeated over and over again on big media doesn’t mean it’s weird. Big media
by kindfellow92 9y ago
“Weird”
Actually niche online communities aren’t weird. Just because a topic isn’t repeated over and over again on big media doesn’t mean it’s weird. Big media doesn’t dictate what is normal.
- nils-m-holm 9y ago> Big media doesn’t dictate what is normal. Actually, it does. Unfortunately! :(
- throwanem 9y agoWhat's wrong with "weird"? It means: fateful, uncanny, magical. It's never properly been an insult, and those who misbelieve otherwise and deploy it in a pejorative fashion accidentally do that which they so label a favor by avoiding it - nothing ruins a small, special space like an influx of people who neither understand nor care what makes it special.
- kindfellow92 9y agoNothing is wrong with it, it’s just subjective. Being subjective is usually not the domain of journalism (outside of op-eds).