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Upvoted your comment because for whatever reason people don’t like to see this phenomenon invoked, but that’s exactly what’s going on here.



I didn't downvote but I think people do because it's almost a stock comment that a bot could automatically apply.

It's guaranteed to appear in about 5% of the comments every time an inaccurate article is being discussed.


Yes, that is why I downvoted. It is a stock comment which adds nothing worthwhile to the discussion.


It's a useful reminder for the many of us who, like me, tend to forget this.




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