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'''Alt.support.shyness''' is arguably the first and oldest incel community on the web. | '''Alt.support.shyness''' is arguably the first and oldest incel community on the web. It was founded as a Usenet forum/newsgroup all the way back in 1988. It was a [[purplepilled]] community constituting the first set of people who would make up the [[incelosphere]]. Think of Usenet as open forums where anyone can read and post. On alt.support.shyness, like any modern day forum, there were interesting discussions which typically consisted of [[dating]] advice and coping strategies. | ||
The group can currently be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.support.shyness | The group can currently be found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.support.shyness | ||
==Gender Separation Beginning== | ==Gender Separation Beginning== | ||
This the beginning of a gender separation in the [[incelosphere]]. When | This the beginning of a gender separation in the [[incelosphere]]. When | ||
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much to hear about a young woman needing help not being shy during a job interview when | much to hear about a young woman needing help not being shy during a job interview when | ||
they, themselves, were twice her age and hadn’t even kissed anyone. | they, themselves, were twice her age and hadn’t even kissed anyone. | ||
==Migration to an Incel Forum== | ==Migration to an Incel Forum== | ||
On May 16, 1998, Alt.support.shyness was invited to [[Alana's | On May 16, 1998, Alt.support.shyness was invited to [[Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project|Alana's Incel/Invcel website]] and mailing list. Thus, the people who would make up the early Incel communities were separated based on being Incel, rather than based upon gender. (Another early community was the Yahoo group (Oct. 28, 1999)). | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.support.shyness The alt.support.shyness forum] | * [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.support.shyness The alt.support.shyness forum] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project]] | *[[Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project]] | ||
[[category:incelosphere]] | [[category:incelosphere]] | ||
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