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		guerrilla on Dec 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: School smartphone ban results in better sleep and ... What's going to stop advertisers and propagandists from paying off those forum gatekeepers? Unless they're already wealthy or monks, they're going to be trivial to corrupt and the content will be even more effective!

lanternfish on Dec 15, 2024 [–]

you pay them in the only resource known to humanity to be worth more than money - petty forum power predicated on exclusivity.

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