
Toxicity in prominent Discord channels has skyrocketed since widespread shelter-in-place orders went into effect, according to a recent study by L1ght, a startup that tracks harmful online behavior.

I wouldn’t compare it to the Bloods and Crips, but there’s still a big rivalry.” Part of why it’s caught on as well as become so toxic, he says, is the Covid-19 quarantine. Long says he’s shocked at how much the trend has blown up, saying that “it feels like an actual gang war. (One moderator of a GTA Online Discord group with hundreds of members says that, because of their hardline moderation, they don’t see a lot of toxicity and have come across no DDoS or phishing threats.) “The GTA community is quite toxic, to put it lightly. Multiple Discord and Reddit moderators interviewed-as well as the green gang founders-describe this as typical GTA V community behavior.
