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The four steps of online group identity
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Find each other, get shown more, define against another group, stop meeting them.
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Which step is changeable?
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What the system rewards — hostility holds attention, so the ranking favours the version with an enemy in it.
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The defensible claim about division
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Platforms amplify division rather than cause it — narrower, better evidenced, and it points at a specific fix.
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Why finding each other is a gain
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People whose group is rare where they live gain both practical knowledge and recognition.
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