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What teens see in closed online spaces like the Discord app

  • Written by Brianna Dym, Ph.D. Candidate of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
What teens see in closed online spaces like the Discord appIn online communities, people can explore their interests – even if they're not common ones.tomass2015/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Ever since the earliest days of the internet in the 1980s, getting online has meant getting involved in a community. Initially, there were dial-up chat servers, email lists and text-based discussion...

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