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But how do you avoid astroturfing? Seems like someone with two accounts (or a small cabal) could get anything they want published with very low friction.

Are you considering a strongly-bound 1-account-per-person model with verified accounts?

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I believe the comment needs to be accepted/replied to by the person who wrote the parent comment.

It doesn't stop you from posting your own stuff at top level, just stops flames, I suppose?

Many people in this thread are assuming that the site can be used for "open-forum" discussions like most other social media sites, with whomever replying to whomever, when in fact it's more like a public 1-on-1 discussion board.

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