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Incels | ContraPoints

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What it is

ContraPoints' 35-minute video essay on incels, examining the community, its worldview and how people get radicalized. It is delivered with theatrical style and an empathetic tone.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an empathetic, non-judgmental analysis of incel radicalization and how to counter it.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's an excellent video essay on it”

    Excellent video essay on the deeper issues of internet radicalization.

    sascha_sl, 2018-10 · Strong recommendation · in “The Internet Will Be the Death of Us”

  2. “Empathy is always at the root of deradicalisation, so I always plug her videos when I can.”

    Empathetic low-judgement deconstruction of incel worldview, aiding deradicalisation.

    dijit, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people”

  3. “Natalie Wynn's video^0 on incels always struck me as uniquely useful”

    Explores incel genesis and radicalization while building empathy.

    JieJie, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Incels need more mental health help, have "fundamental thinking errors"”

  4. “I'd warmly recommend watching ContraPoints”

    Informed critique of the red pill community.

    hjek, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Is Reddit censorship healthy?”

  5. “The youtuber ContraPoints made a great video about such communities”

    Great video on toxic communities that boys fall into.

    namlem, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th”

  6. “but explains it well.”

    Explains incel self-fulfilling dynamic well.

    voltagex_, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “For many young South Koreans, dating is too expensive, or too dangerous”

  7. “Basically, I suggest that you watch this”

    Counter to reductive view of relationships based on Tinder and Instagram.

    AlexandrB, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “The Age of Instagram Face”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: contrapoints, incels, online radicalization, video essay, dating

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