What is the Deep Dive?
The deep dive is where I document all my findings from researching the online plural and dissociative community and heavily debated topics within both. You can find everything neatly summed up in the timeline, or you can go to the log for my in-depth research and thoughts on everything. This is still a work-in-progress so expect changes!
Disclaimers
I do not condone harassment. Please do not use my content to harass or invalidate others. Additionally, please understand that most events discussed in the deep dive took place up to decades ago. I have no ill will towards anyone mentioned on plural deep dive and I don't wish anything negative onto any of them. My writing only covers things that I felt were important to share, it does not cover any person as a whole person or how someone is in the present day. Before judging anyone by their past actions, judge them by how they behave in the present day.
Q&A
How did you find this information?
I used the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, which is nonprofit digital library that archives the Internet. You can use it to access websites that no longer exist, and even view them at different years. For the archives I share, I mainly focus on webpages, community blogs, and opinion essays and generally try to stay away from more personal things like public online diaries.
Any content warnings I should be aware of?
There are a lot of archives that contain prejudicial content. This prejudice is often aimed specifically at trauma survivors as well as people with disabilities and dissociative disorders. If you are a survivor or live with a disability, especially if it's a dissociative disorder, some content in the deep dive may be offensive or disturbing. Please take care of your mental health and be careful while viewing. Besides that, there is some discussion of online harassment and discourse over plurality. Discretion is advised!
If I were to do my own deep dive, where should I start?
Here are some of the oldest archives and spaces that I've managed to find that seem to have a lot of relevancy. Have fun!