"So, you mean they're homophobic?"
"Well, no, but-"
"So they're misogynistic? Racist? Transphobic? Ableist???"
"N-no, actually they enforce strict banning on all those things, BUT-"
"So they bully people into suicide?"
"Nooo, they require content warnings for even mentions of suicide, BUT!"
"...Yes?"
"I saw one of them say 'death to nazis!"
"So they're the opposite of 4Chan?"
"NO!"
From reading comments of 70s/80s music videos made by the people who worked behind the scenes on them recounting their memories of the process, along with translating foreign social media and seeing how similar shitposters are across the world