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'''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. | '''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 | ==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 | ||
it came to shyness, [[men]] tended to talk about Incel-related problems while [[women]] tended to | it came to shyness, [[men]] tended to talk about [[Incel]]-related problems while [[women]] tended to [[shyness]] in non-romantic settings (like public speaking or not having enough friends, in general). There was talk about splitting things up between genders since it pained some of the men too much to hear about a young woman needing help not being shy during a job interview when they, themselves, were twice her age and had not even kissed anyone. | ||
shyness in non-romantic settings (like public speaking or not having enough friends, in general). | ==Migration to an incel forum== | ||
There was talk about splitting things up between genders since it pained some of the | |||
much to hear about a young woman needing help not being shy during a job interview when | |||
they, themselves, were twice her age and | |||
==Migration to an | |||
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)). | 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 | ==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== | ||