The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world (2019)

Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by awesome_dude on Sunday January 25, 2026 @07:13PM (#46760125)

I'm not sure why you are attacking me, I am clearly replying to someone who is claiming that recent times the retort of "paid demonstrators" is effective, and I have pointed out that the claim of people being paid to demonstrate has been made for decades, if not centuries.

Thank you for articulating the accusation, giving me the opportunity to respond, but try to take your own advice and read what's actually being said.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by lostlogin on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:45PM (#46761969)

You appear to have edited your comment after I replied.

When I replied to you, the link in your comment was the below one.

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protes...

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by awesome_dude on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:53PM (#46762008)

Uhh - My client is showing that my comment was up for a couple of hours before you replied

That's around the maximum time allowed to edit a comment on Hacker News.

For the level of attack you injected in your previous comment, and now a claim of dishonesty, I would need to see some actual evidence of your claims (I know that I never posted that link, and am confused why you would try such a bizarre claim)

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by onraglanroad on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:07PM (#46770798)

They replied to the wrong comment. The one they meant to reply to was from monero-xmr further down.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by lostlogin on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:19PM (#46775104)

Thank you.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by lostlogin on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:19PM (#46775102)

Awesome_dude, the error is all mine and my reply was to the wrong comment.

@onraglanroad thank you for pointing out the error.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by onraglanroad on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:07PM (#46770805)

You replied to the wrong person. Look further down thread for the person who posted that link.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by lostlogin on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:20PM (#46775108)

Argh. Thank you.

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