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Greater engagement with anti-masturbation groups linked to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal feelings (www.psypost.org)

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The researchers also asked the participants to rate how often they noticed ten different problems in the online forums. Visitors to NoFap forums reported seeing content that was often trolling (88%), misogynistic (73.7%), bullying (49.1%), anti-LGBT (42.9%), or anti-Semitic (32.0%). Additionally, a significant number of participants reported being told to harm or kill themselves (23.5%), witnessing threats to hurt others (21.1%), and witnessing doxing of others (17.1%) on the forums.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

like i said, i'm speaking from personal experience on all of these points. That's rare, we're generally on a good track, but some people don't fully get what the volcel bit is about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? :)