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The power of anonymity. As soon as we have to post under real names, it will all become censorship and shaming, like at Facebook.
Comment by Antrikshy at 18/02/2022 at 00:42 UTC
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There’s another component to it - the voting system.
On one hand they keep trash comments and posts at the bottom (and discourage them in the first place). On the other hand, they result in the hive mind and echo chambers.