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I don't have much to say about the specifically anarchist websites that I wouldn't say about the anarchist press but holy hell does social media (Facebook at least) do a number on people's critical thinking.
Rather than actually encourage conversation in a setting that seems perfect for it, it becomes a quest for mass acceptance and there's no better way to fuck that up than say anything that won't immediately be met with approval from your team. It's always interesting to watch the awkward cautiousness that comes up when a new topic without crystallized talking points, tenative stabs at what opinions to have that won't be held against you once the consensus is sculpted. I can certainly say that every online anarchist I've spoken to directly about Coronaworld for instance has had far more interesting thoughts about it than they've dared to express publicly. Fuck "communities" founded on self censorship, I hate it.