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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by mejutoco on Friday February 13, 2026 @06:22AM (#47001511)
People are capable of writing correctly. Source: your post.

If someone cannot be bothered, why should we bother to read what they have to say? I think it is a good signal.

EDIT: plus it is not an allow or not allow. The more errors the more downvoted, so it is a small adjustment.

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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by nottorp on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:23AM (#47001911)
Of course, that excludes 90% of word plays.
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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by mejutoco on Sunday February 22, 2026 @08:15AM (#47110750)
If you provide some example word plays we can verify if that is true. I disagree personally.
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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by econ on Friday February 13, 2026 @04:22PM (#47008025)
You shouldn't care about presentation but others will.

I think an llm approach could be good. You make suggestions in however insane language and it converts the format to something boring and mundane accepted by all clients.

Some people are to brief, some elaborate more than necessary.

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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by mejutoco on Sunday February 22, 2026 @08:14AM (#47110740)
> You shouldn't care about presentation

Says who? Having good grammar is a signal that the person cares enough. I am surprised more forums do not use this signal.

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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by econ on Friday February 27, 2026 @12:04AM (#47176758)
milton h. erickson developed conversational hypnosis to bypass the conscious mind. This is of course a great accomplishment in the field.

It also had me completely convinced that one should only listen to what is said rather than how.

So, (lol) with me you score extra points if you properly em dash but not the kind of points one would want.

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