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**Interlude: Why the MockForum Exists**
While I was introducing those ideas, you saw the MockForum rolling by. That wasn’t just comic relief. It’s a miniature of the Massively Populous Public Platform—the place where format differences make no difference. Everything flattens into the same scrolling strip, and the result is predictable.
Before I started Indroduction to CIVICVS, you saw the MockForum rolling by. That wasn’t just comic relief. It’s a miniature of the Massively Populous Public Platform—the place where format differences make no difference. Everything flattens into the same scrolling strip, and the result is predictable.
First, **pretenders**. People speak with certainty outside their lane—HOA law from a non-lawyer, lottery math from a storyteller, database admin from “maybe the admin.” The platform has no built-in way to attach *competence* to a claim. Volume substitutes for proof.
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Fifth, **format sabotage**. “No links, use screenshots of screenshots.” “No swearing—use CAPS.” These rules parody a real dynamic: strip away citations and slow readers down; boost spectacle and speed. The result is **performative certainty** with **non-portable evidence**—you can’t check it, you can only react to it.
Sixth, **no memory, no ownership**. Mods vanish, “admins” blur, and nothing gets recorded as a decision. Without a ledger—who decided what, based on which facts—every argument resets to zero tomorrow. Perfect conditions for **plausible deniability** and **endless relitigation**.
Sixth, **no memory, no ownership**. Moderators vanish, Administrators blur, and nothing gets recorded as a decision. Without a ledger—who decided what, based on which facts—every argument resets to zero, tomorrow. Perfect conditions for **plausible deniability** and **endless relitigation**.
Seventh, **incentive misalignment**. The platform extracts engagement; participants extract attention; almost no one extracts *resolution*. Brandolini’s asymmetry dominates: it takes ten times more effort to refute noise than to produce it. Exhaustion is a feature, not a bug.
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Alphabet writes: *“We provide a range of viewpoints.”*
That sounds like debate, doesn’t it? Healthy disagreement, freedom of expression.
But in practice, what do we see? Not debate — but white noise. Billions of uploads, millions of voices — with little structure or exchange, and rarely any civic value you can act on. A flood so overwhelming that testimony drowns before it’s even heard.
But in practice, what do we see? Not debate — but whiteDministrators noise. Billions of uploads, millions of voices — with little structure or exchange, and rarely any civic value you can act on. A flood so overwhelming that testimony drowns before it’s even heard.
Here’s another line: *“Our policies evolved during the pandemic.”*
Sounds adaptive, flexible, responsible.