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Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by barbecue_sauce on Sunday January 13, 2019 @05:39PM (#18899172)
So instead of "one side of the political spectrum" more like, "a few standard deviations away from the center of the political spectrum".
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Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by metildaa on Sunday January 13, 2019 @05:48PM (#18899212)
Three standard deviations from center leaves you with just the 0.15% on either end.

If Tor is to remain as an acceptable thing to run and use, the Tor Project can't outwardly espouse ideology that drives away the normal users that allow Tor users to blend together. Those browsing Tumblr over Tor, shitposting on Reddit, watching YouTube, etc are key to retain so as to normalize the use of the Tor Browser Bundle.

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Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by jstanley on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:17PM (#18899359)
They're disavowing 0.15% of users.

And even so, note that that is not the same as blocking 0.15% of users, which is impossible.

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