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devrant is the only community that I feel comfortable in.

I've been browsing since 2000 and been in many communities online so far, so that's saying a lot.

I've seen supportive comments towards me and others here, and that really makes me feel less hopeless.

I think the internet in general makes you feel like you're a number. Click the like and the sub button, just be one more in a million.

But here, you matter.
If you try to post something and you are sincere, but humble people will ++ and say nice comments.

If you get upvoted, you can WHO did it and what their online persona looks like.
It feels very organic and personal, which is saying a lot for a place like the internet.

In the standard online experience, people online take advantage of the anonymity to say shit they wouldn't online:
anything, from troll shit to presumptuous comments.

I don't understand how some people can connect being anonymous with denying themselves as moral beings.

Do these people walk around in real life fighting with every person that has an opposite point of view?

There's actual people out there that will read this post and think "what a fucking boy scout".
Sorry for having emotions.

how many fucked up people are there, so that devrant feels like a goddamn mirage?

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  • 7
    Agreed, since I moved here from reddit's programminghumor I've seen more relatable situations and funny jokes. People here are a lot nicer as well.

    Perhaps it's because we all suffer a little inside sometimes and need a nice and warm relatable community to make our developer lives and production f*ckups easier ♥️
  • 4
    The fact that in general, compared to other communities the dev one is pretty small (less feeling of 1/million), and attracts relatively smart people, making for more mature threads and posts.
  • 2
    @dmoa have you seen SO? They are devs, too. devRant is the anti-SO.
  • 1
    @iAmNaN how is dev rant anti StackOverflow?
  • 2
    It's not anti SO, it's THE anti-SO in the Latin sense. SO is often hostile and unfruendlich, while DR is a wonderful place, mostly.
  • 2
    Yeah this is my favorite community by far. People’s kindness rubs off on me
  • 1
    Argh you guys
  • 1
    @fullslack don't you mean, arg.h?
  • 1
    @iAmNaN I think they about the same. One just has rules / and people don’t like rules or being reminded to follow the rules. One saves me hundreds of hours or research. One is just kinda fun to look at. But - devRant is fun! : )
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