I didn’t know what R5N was until I read this. Ignoring technology because you don’t like the context seems short sighted.
Yes, quality nuggets can be found even among refuse, but my point was not to discount that potential. Thanks to the length of the manifesto/thought experiment, at least the first half-hours' worth of upvotes were provided because of the absurd premise/worldview, not in spite of it.
If that seems fine to you (speaking royally here), you're in the right place.
It takes time for the immune system to kick in. In this case it did pretty quickly.
Meh, at least it goes into some technical details. More than I can say for some of the crap that reaches the front page.