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dreamfactory2 on Jan 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparation...

What about the opposite approach - enforced anonymity so that arguments have to stand on their own merits?

rhizome on Jan 18, 2015 [–]

An appearance of merit can be engineered/manufactured, which is one of the foundational concepts of classical trolling, not to mention thread-poisoning.

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