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Most of this seemed blindingly obvious to me and my peers (in the US) at the time that Patrick tweeted his hashes. Several of the replies to his tweets correctl
by ohazi 7y ago
Most of this seemed blindingly obvious to me and my peers (in the US) at the time that Patrick tweeted his hashes. Several of the replies to his tweets correctly guessed the topic, and most came to similar conclusions. Anybody with half a brain knew what was going on.
Maybe Japanese culture really is "different" and things really did need to be done this way, but I find myself agreeing with other comments here that this whole effort seems puzzlingly labrynthine with relatively little to show for it, other than providing an opportunity to tweet hashes.
- davidw 7y agoYeah, I think it didn't take much to put two and two together, even without much familiarity with Japan: https://twitter.com/davidnwelton/status/1241556680833298434 https://twitter.com/davidnwelton/status/1241556680833298434
- joe_the_user 7y agoYeah, making a secret prediction seems only justified when your position is in the extreme minority and when it contains fairly surprising and/or specific claims. When your claim is just supporting a "strong minority viewpoint", doing so secretly ridiculous.
- wglb 7y agoI think the article points out the justification as a counter point to the likely official statements everywhere that "Nobody could have known".