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I came from Reddit where they definitely did matter. They don’t seem to hold any real weight here. Is this true for some or all instances? If they don’t matter, what are they for?

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

In general, you can't normally convince your interlocutor, but instead onlookers. I talk a lot about Marxism-Leninism, and in my experience it isn't the ones I talk with that change their minds, but those who see the convo as an outside observer.

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