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@Athena@chaosfem.tw @clarfonthey@toot.cat 'hol up, sorry for intruding here, but I kinda want to check something: The anti-LLM folk working on this can't afford to take an anti-LLM stance in that thread, or it risks their jobs. But now that the thread has been locked, the anti-LLM folk can't post in the thread anymore. Is that not somewhat analogous to the status quo? If folk couldn't post their honest positions freely in the thread without risking their position, the thread being locked changes nothing. Posting "diplomatically coached" responses to avoid outing yourself is not going to measurably affect the outcome of a policy discussion that is there for appearances only. If Athena's extremely-mild post was enough to get it locked... then they were just looking for an excuse, and they were absolutely not interested in having a discussion. In case that wasn't already startlingly obvious from the preconditions. You don't beat fascism by playing according to fascism's rules.