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mrexcessyesterday at 6:01 PM2 repliesview on HN

And thus concludes the internet's decades long transition from a peer community of idea exchange ala UseNet to a broadcast messaging medium controlled by elites for their own benefit ala Bari Weiss' CBS. Welcome to the Dead Internet.


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cf100clunkyesterday at 6:25 PM

Usenet had the Cancelmoose, so message sanitization has always been part of the Internet. In this case, I see this browser extension as purely a tool of the end user and not a blanket threat to the peer community at large.

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jama211yesterday at 6:14 PM

Not sure this particular thing concludes it