I am isolated and belong to one of the following four groups:
I) My isolated group knows about its isolation and wants to drive others into isolation.
II) My isolated group knows about its isolation and does not want to drive others into isolation.
III) My isolated group does not know about its isolation and wants to drive others into isolation.
IV) My isolated group does not know about its isolation and does not want to drive others into isolation.
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Do you think that you could be isolated in this webforum?
You could belong to one of these four groups:
I) An isolated group that knows about its isolation and wants to drive others into isolation.
II) An isolated group that knows about its isolation and does not want to drive others into isolation.
III) An isolated group that does not know about its isolation and wants to drive others into isolation.
IV) An isolated group that does not know about its isolation and does not want to drive others into isolation.
Feel free to come out of the closet.
Please copy the following depiction, fill in your position within one of the four groups and post it.
Think for instance of a person of the group II who could say the follwuing sentences:
[i]"I think I know some other posters here, so that I can identify with them as a group, and that I can say that my group knows about its isolation and does not want to drive others into isolation. This group is isolated by other groups, intentionally (I, III) and without intention (IV), while my group has no intention to isolate other groups.
I think that intentional isolation is a troll thing because they are the isolators who know about their own isolation and condone it because they think they can win by isolating others. So group I is made up of trolls."[/i]
And this is one of the possibilties for the position of that said person:
My thought behind all this is that there are four different, more or less isolated groups in this webforum and that this isolation results from the structure of this webforum and the internet in general. The Internet is mainly a trollnet.
You know (?).
The other thought behind it is a humorous, satirical one.
I dunno about being isolated, but I am a troll. A very good one. I can troll anything man, and troll it well.
But ILP is not unique in its social dynamics. All major forums have regulars that turn the forum into a Facebook alternative over the years… with a few little debates here and there. Same stuff different forum.
Group III is also the fancy group. It is gladly visited. Group III has the least similarity with Group II. If you are not xenophobic, then I give you the advice to become a member of Group II in order to gain experience with Group II, which is the most alien from the point of view of Group III. Good luck!
Promethean is from Group III, and since Group II has the least resemblance to Group III, I suggest you talk more with Promethean to get closer to Group III.
Do you have an explanation for the phenomenon that most of those who habitually comment in the philosophical subforum “Religion and Spirituality” seem to be less nervous than most of those who habitually comment in the other philosophical subforums?
I think that the four groups do not actually have to be but are isolated from each other, because they have isolated themselves from each other and keep doing it. Some do it, as Otto wrote, with intention, the others do it without intention (see: ilovephilosophy.com/viewtop … 7#p2805135 ).
Good evening. I apologize for my lateness (puts the work bag on the table).
Well, Kathrina has already explained it quite well, as I have seen.
The reason for the isolation of the groups is an ancient one. People want to separate themselves from other people. It’s about recognition, respectableness, power. Since all the barriers associated with the concrete counterpart of a person or group no longer exist on the internet, this isolation becomes even more apparent.