A new article: this one's an extension of last year's article on the subject of wank, and it discusses why wank is discursively effective despite being annoying as hell. Many thanks to Dawn Ahukanna (npub1hw6…gked) and [@whitequark](https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark ) for productive conversations on here that led to me developing some of these ideas:
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/why-redacted-wins
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