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I get the underlying sentiment in a perfect world, but it isn't like both candidates say and do horrible things multiple times per day and trying to strike some kind of balance seems like trying to 'both sides' the news.
If one person is posted aboit far more frequently, but by multiple people instead of just one, or two is that going to be ok?
We understand your concerns. Our goal is not to direct or manipulate the dialogue at all. In fact, this policy is specifically to prevent any individual user from manipulating the conversation. We understand that there will almost certainly be more newsworthy material about one candidate or issue.
How is one individual possibly manipulating the community if we're all reading it, agreeing, and upvoting?
Just shelve the paternalism and focus on spam and other areas of rightful moderation.
It might help to clarify that 'you' is referring to a singular poster and if comments (frequently called posting) count. Both terms are pretty vague and could lead to stifling discussion.
Something like 'when individuals start many posts' and 'excessively commenting about only one candidate' would make it clearer that you are looking for more balanced participation among the members of the community, which I am understanding your goal to be.
Thanks for the feedback, that makes sense. It’s a shame English doesn’t distinguish between you singular and you plural.
You, not y'all?
It's in the dictionary. There's even a wikipedia page on it.
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