Chapter 222: The Tide of Wind and Clouds
Circles, or online communities, are very subtle.
The communication between people is peer-to-peer - we have a common hobby, then we are gay now, and everything else has nothing to do with our conversations.
Therefore, many people of different ages and three views will gather here, carefully contact, stumbling and running-in.
Sometimes, a set of "conventions" that all those in it voluntarily uphold will emerge in the run-in phase of early community formation.
It will determine the tone and atmosphere of the entire circle for a period of time to come.
On the other hand, a community, a slightly larger community, must have individuals who are against the will of the collective.
This is an objective fact that cannot be erased.
Good communities will try to assimilate them, and those who can't do so will be expelled without mercy.
This is also the most basic "self-purification" mechanism of the community.
For most circles, the extent to which the Convention has been perfected and whether it has been properly implemented is a matter of luck.
If there are no people who make rules, then something will definitely happen, and if there are too many people who make rules, oppression can easily lead to resistance.
What's more, they use a militarized system to control the entire community, brainwashing them into fighting for themselves and fighting wherever they want.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with the SCP Foundation.
Internally, the SCP community has a bunch of community rules that are enough to make Meng Xin shiver, and externally, Guan Li doesn't expect them to have much combat power, as long as they don't cause trouble.
Then it is very clear how this "convention" is going to be carried out.
Move with affection, know with reason, incite them with a tirade, and give them enough superiority -
"The development of the SCP Foundation has exceeded many people's expectations. In just half a year, from nothing to a hundred flowers, from an underground website to a cultural display, this glory not only belongs to the Foundation, but also to you......"
It's a flattery, but it's a genuine flattery.
Guan Li is well aware of what lies behind the seemingly thriving development of the SCP Foundation.
An explosion of sci-fi enthusiasts, a carnival of niche subcultures, and the attempts of a group of emerging creators...... and the many tool men who were dragged into the water by him.
Together, they contributed to the thriving appearance of the SCP Foundation.
"But we know that this is just the beginning, the starting point for SCPs to go into the world. The dangers we will face do not always come from the external environment, but more likely from ourselves. ”
After thousands of years of development, technology has finally allowed people to have a foothold outside of the mainstream public.
But what follows is not an ideal utopia, but an island of hostility to each other.
Ideas should run rampant, but culture has been torn apart.
After all, we are only willing to accept what we are willing to accept.
I don't want to lose my personality, I don't dare to break through conventions, I don't want to change.
As a result, all of you here are more self-conscious, more alive, and more lonely than you used to be.
Even if you know that most of pop culture is garbage, you can't help but want to rummage through the garbage.
"Because that's who we are. ”
What is most lacking in this era is not attention, approval or opposition, but understanding.
"The SCP Foundation was born to contain creativity in its purest form. ”
"Would you like to be one of us?"
"Can you respect everyone's world and experience more of the possibilities of the universe?"
Here, empathy is a precious quality.
Humanity has never changed.
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That's a thousand words away......