Another outside possibility. A few days ago I replied 'no' to someone, probably @GabrielDuquette, twice in the same thread. Twitter = /r9k/?pic.twitter.com/iumaO2PBtA
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Point is, a lot of people use it. So if AC dislikes you, you're suddenly blocked by 10k people or whatever. Feeds into the algorithm.
There's a group on SomethingAwful who believe I'm a full-fledged Nazi. They also think @slatestarcodex is.
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