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submitted 1 year ago by lettruthout@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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“A very small percentage of the users are power users, and they generate the content, they generate the value and they perform a lot of the free moderation,”

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[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can’t even call that an AMA. It appeared that he had pre-prepared answers for certain questions, and nothing else.

[–] wbl@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Less of an AMA, more of a AMOTQABMPT. Ask Me Only The Questions Approved By My PR Team (but I still managed to fuck up.)

[–] Wander@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe the questions were prepared as well.

[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t doubt it.

[–] panoptic@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

At one point he posted a response that started with “A:” before editing it to drop the A:
which made it clear he was posting canned answers at the very least