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There's so many prolific posters here debating the same simple facts over and over, pointing out they don't care about a discussion without contributing any of it. But surely all that weird stuff we see cannot possibly ever influence flagging, because the people who state their motivations for flagging are the only people who flag. If anyone did anything fishy they'd just say it, obviously.

You cannot "point out" an internal motivation anyway, you can only claim it. At this point, the question "why should I believe you?" seems an appropriate response, since not a single one of them I've seen could explain why why they don't click "hide" instead of "flag". Or allow people to opt-in to a view that ignores flags. Can you?

And hey, there's a link in the footer of every page to something that mentions Musk of a group of "the world’s top AI experts", to garner interest in a "100% free conference and every attendee is hand-picked." But that has nothing to do with anything, either.

I'd say some people bank on fascism winning but also don't want to be seen in case fascism doesn't win. Trapped between two kinds cowardice. Simple as that.



much handwringing and I have no idea what your point is? There’s guidelines and people flag when they think it violates the guidelines? I did t flag but am just sharing what I’ve seen. If you don’t like the guidelines, send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care


> send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care

I already did, they also got nothing ^^


you disproved your own point. Congratulations




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