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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 [[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. | 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. | ||
==Change in the forum's tone== | |||
Originally, the newsgroup did not hate women and people did not say anything angry about women, but this all began to change when users like Darkfalz and other misogynistic users joined the newsgroup. Darkfalz first posted on the newsgroup on April 11, 2001. Initially, users were shocked and appalled by his statements, but eventually, he began to gradually influence the newsgroup, and many users who hate women began joining the forum. Many women avoided the newsgroup for this reason, and many men did, too. | |||
As a response to the spread of misogyny on the newsgroup, ShyUnited, a proboards forum, was created as a response to people like Darkfalz changing alt.support.shyness. | |||
==Migration to an incel forum== | ==Migration to an incel forum== | ||
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)). | ||