On: Tiananmen 30 years on – China's great act of 'forgettance'

[reaperducer]

This was downvoted to death within 6 minutes. Downvoters: why?

Perhaps people think it's off-topic, and distracts from the discussion at hand.

[analyst74 → reaperducer]

I remember having an online discussion about how the Chinese tourist stereotype is inaccurate, and how it affects Chinese-looking people in the west. Then a rando jumped in and listed all the evil things CCP has done, completely irrelevant to the topic at discussion.

Having a discussion about anything China is becoming increasingly difficult.

[A2017U1 → analyst74]

Given the prevalence and openly admitted nature of governments around the world who sockpuppet on various forums, I doubt it's going to get easier.

The US alone spends vast sums on trying to sway online opinion.