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That's irrelevant to any of the points I made. This "experiment" will provide no valuable data. It will only irritate users - mostly the ones receiving the flags. We don't need to run a test to figure that out.

It will only irritate users - mostly the ones receiving the flags.

If the whales who are still upvoting stop upvoting with their full stake, then there will be no downvotes.

This "experiment" will provide no valuable data.

I disagree.

If the whales who are still upvoting stop upvoting with their full stake, then there will be no downvotes.

You must not have seen the trending page today.

The experiment has not been fully running for 24 hours yet.

[Edit] no downvotes as a result of the experiment.

There are posts on the trending page with whale votes from today.

Yes, I know / agree. It will probably take at least 24 hours to get to the point that enough whales either stop voting, or are countered.