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> The "context" notes are user submitted/voted by a selection of users.

Oh, so you are saying they can be gamed for political benefit? Whomever has the biggest botnet gets to control the narrative?




Alternative viewpoints is not controlling a narrative.


If every comment you make gets appended with "Actually: vaccines cause autism" then that's narrative control.


Of course, that's not remotely how the system works or has been used. This goes into what I've said elsewhere today regarding Twitter. I've seen SO much hyperbole on what's going on, when almost nothing at all is going on in terms of moderation changes. It's so very hyper-partisan at the moment.




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