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Lots of talk about blocking doom posters who might say something like "Biden's polls suck and he might lose." I encourage folks to be careful about this. The power of doom posting is that others pick up on it and earnestly make their own doom posts even if it really isn't their
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core intent. My approach is to gently try to educate and make counterpoints, especially with respect to poll numbers. If they continue or start to bark about being "a lifelong democrat, but I don't know any more," then I go straight to blocking. When dealing with somebody who
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might post some doom and gloom without really thinking it through, I think there's a danger in jumping on them as a doom poster. I encourage folks to give one mulligan to a "Biden's toast" post, especially if it reads as an earnest post.
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Epilogue: I'll counterpoint my suggestion for tolerance with the fact that I fully expect doom posting astroturfing as we get into 2024 and Spoutible continues to grow. Pulling Biden votes is one of the only levers available to MAGA/Russia. I suspect we'll all be blocking more this summer.
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