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> Today we dogpile on Flock to get it cancelled, tomorrow the public will reach for something else.

Who's the "we" in this sentence? The people who want to keep cities crime-ridden? And why does your opinion matter more than that of the public? I thought these "we" were pro-democracy?

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We are pro-democracy, but specifically votes are hidden and not everyone is in your bubble. The voting booth is a private space, away from the judgmental eyes of privacy focussed individuals common on this forum.

In the privacy of a voting booth, people will vote for Flock to feel safer and simply flooding the headlines will only work temporarily (in fact, there's a good chance Flock simply rebrands)

> In the privacy of a voting booth, people will vote for Flock to feel safer

And of course the self-appointed illuminati who know better can't have people voting for what they want.

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