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0 pointsbaq6y ago0 comments

you missed the point. these people are targets.

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mistermann6y ago· 2 in thread

I don't understand what point I've missed.

If "I wouldn't be surprised that such threads are actively heated up and/or gaslighted by nation state sponsored censors" is possibly true, can it not also be possibly true that ideologues do the same thing (consciously or not), knowing that so-called flamewars can (and often does) lead to censorship?

baqOP6y ago

oh they surely do, that isn't the point. the point is to help them notice the thread and get them going enough for moderators to delist the story.

mistermann6y ago

Oh for sure...it's a symbiotic relationship, kind of like a non-coordinated conspiracy, something that is a lot easier to pull off than most people think. It's funny how many people seem to only be able to recognize the obvious herd-like behavior of people under certain topics of conversation, but if you change the topic then it is ~"literally impossible".

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