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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

It's stupid to die on this hill, socks.

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It may be, Saidit helps me to see alternative points of view. Sometimes I comment because I'm surprised by what I've read.

It's also interesting that there are 10s of thousands of subscribers per sub, and the posts are seemingly not worth the votes or comments of 99% of the subscribers. There appears to be a silent majority who don't agree with most posts. When I see a sensible post or comment, I +friend them and will try to keep track of how many there are in this category. Currently: approximately 12.

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I would say that most of what makes the front page is utter garbage. There are lurkers here, but they seem to be in their own private subs mostly, rather than taking part in the main threads.

I doubt you are actually here for alternative points of view. You would surely reach out to others or make a post stating your intention if that were the case. You'd put forth an effort into understanding those alternative points of views. I argued with another user who claimed to be doing the same thing, not just for private use, but for use in his classroom. I asked him to make a separate post to generate discussion, debate, but nothing. He seemed to find me laughable.

I don't act like a dick just to act like a dick. I made an account because I was tired of seeing Trumpists, Nemacolin, and a few others, endlessly bashing users with their establishment drivel. The discussions became interesting for a while, and all sides have offered links, sources, and new avenues. You and Nema included. I'm glad I spent some time here, but from what I can tell, it's going to become a private-community driven place with a front page full of memes and establishment-types like you arguing with Trumpists, and winning because you folks are often arguing against hilariously naive conservatives. Easy pickings, in my eyes.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I doubt you are actually here for alternative points of view.

Do you think he's a shill?

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I don't know, maybe he is but does so unknowingly. That seems like a possibility for some people, I know that I was like that as a child due to how I had been raised. It's just that I have gone to forums for "alternative points of view" and I didn't agree with half of what I read there. I didn't treat people with the same amount of contempt socks does with folks here. I first made this account because of the contempt some users here have towards those who question the pandemic (or, really, those who question anything in life).