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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I'm reasonably certain that it would be much more accurate to say that people who are prone to depression, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, self-injury and digital self-harm are more likely to use the dark web.

Broadly, this isn't the first time that it's struck me that pedantic moralizing often relies on reversing cause and effect...

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I would say it's more like, yeah of course when a "silent majority" forces a tiny percentage of people to rely on obscure tools to fight constant attacks on their right to free speech, then yeah that world might have that tiny percentage struggling more than the group attacking for fun

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You mean buy drugs and tickets to Epstein Island? Because that's what the Dark Web is used for.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

When you're targeted enough, you use it for regular email and stuff. Not sure if you get that. There are probably people who use piefed through tor

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

We had the "AI chatbot" mental illness link the other day, what's next, people using apps to bet on sports are poorer?