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It almost seems like wikipedia editors and feminist journalists would rather the incel forums have radical anti-feminists than not, as their hyper-focus on those elements has attracted radical anti-feminists to the incel spaces in droves. As well as establishing the forums that allow radical anti-feminists to grow their userbase way beyond the forums that have tighter moderation or who attract different types of incels. | It almost seems like wikipedia editors and feminist journalists would rather the incel forums have radical anti-feminists than not, as their hyper-focus on those elements has attracted radical anti-feminists to the incel spaces in droves. As well as establishing the forums that allow radical anti-feminists to grow their userbase way beyond the forums that have tighter moderation or who attract different types of incels. | ||
The criteria for inclusion for something to be put on the page as 'incel' is overly complicated and wonky. [[Gorilla Warfare]] doesn't want just anyone that is involunarily celibate and noteable to have equal weight, but rather wants to weigh the article by how much someone '''self-identifies''' as the shortened word incel or how close a person or thing is to [[Elliot Rodger]], or something mentioned in | The criteria for inclusion for something to be put on the page as 'incel' is overly complicated and wonky. [[Gorilla Warfare]] doesn't want just anyone that is involunarily celibate and noteable to have equal weight, but rather wants to weigh the article by how much someone '''self-identifies''' as the shortened word incel or how close a person or thing is to [[Elliot Rodger]], or something mentioned in an anti-incel feminist piece somewhere. | ||
Much of this problem lies in the faulty assumption that "incel" is a subculture rather than a life circumstance. Because if it's a subculture than it can only be defined in it's relation to 4chan and the [[PSL]] scene, when it's usage expands beyond 4chan and the [[PSL]] scene. | Much of this problem lies in the faulty assumption that "incel" is a subculture rather than a life circumstance. Because if it's a subculture than it can only be defined in it's relation to 4chan and the [[PSL]] scene, when it's usage expands beyond 4chan and the [[PSL]] scene. | ||