SNOOcalypse - document, discuss, and promote the downfall of Reddit.

Masturbation abstinence practices have returned to the USA in the form of semen retention communities.

Well, that's a combination of words I've never ever seen before.

Also, both this article and web site are weird. It's this strange combination of a "news article" and a research paper. Which is it?

This study uses a systematic search on r/NoFap and two control forums (r/pornfree, and r/stopdrinking) to define a corpus of violent content.

Well, there's a textbook definition of cherry-picking right there. Control group needs more than just two other forums.

Of the 421 violent posts identified from September 2011 to September 2022,

Oh boy, if I had a dollar for the amount of times I saw a news article reference a science paper with an abysmal sample size, I could use that money to buy a decent used car. It's the main problem on something like 98% of the science shit I've see here and on Reddit.

Is the NoFap army related in any way to the volcel police?

Sexual Frustration Theory would be a better explanation if NoFap Army members stated that their lack of preferred sexual outlet was the cause of their violent impulses, and they target those whom they feel were responsible for their sexual deprivation.

Seems like this article could use the perspective of Elliot Roger who literally admitted to this