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Vigero posted...

Thing is the only ones who keep pushing this narrative that 261 was misunderstood community are the diehard community members of that board to begin with.

Everyone else rightfully considered it a hellhole. And reflexively screeching the same old trumper/nazi/right wing/whatever posts over and over when that's pointed out doesn't do any favors and get people to buy into that belief.

To the bolded: that's pretty common across the internet as a whole but especially GameFAQs boards in general. I mean, just look at this board. You have a large number of regulars telling refugees that they've turned this place into a hellhole, while a number of self-aware regulars confirm this place was already a hellhole. Same thing with boards like the console boards, popular game series like Sonic, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Dark Souls, Elder Scrolls, etc. Many of the regulars don't seem to realize how much of a hellhole they are to outsiders. They think it's perfectly normal for the things that go on within their boards.