I joined the forum recently, I am far from thin skinned as I have been using online forums for a while. I also used the site years ago when I was applying to uni, and loved it! However, this forum currently has a lot of bullying and nastiness going on. I'm not sure if this is because of the demographic (younger kids, often even at school). There are also lots of members with extreme right wing views who will literally comment on anything even vaguely related, and have a go at anyone who holds different views, which is quite disturbing to see on a student site. Last but not least the odd prolific "grown up" well established member is a bit too flirty with younger girls. Since joining I have made threads on a relationship problem (and was instantly attacked by angry young men insulting my appearance despite being anonymous!), fashion (where I was messaged by a flirty user pretending to be a young woman but probably a paedophile) and travel (where lots of people seemed determined to start an argument on something ridiculous). Again, as this is a student site lots of these may just be angry young kids. But the TSR environment is toxic. I agree 100% with the other commenter who said it had become very right wing. Not only that but you can make a completely innocent comment and expect to have an angry student insult you for no reason.
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