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**Interlude: Why the MockForum Exists** **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. 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. 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. 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.”* Alphabet writes: *“We provide a range of viewpoints.”*
That sounds like debate, doesn’t it? Healthy disagreement, freedom of expression. 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.”* Here’s another line: *“Our policies evolved during the pandemic.”*
Sounds adaptive, flexible, responsible. Sounds adaptive, flexible, responsible.