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by nootropicat 1294 days ago
The problem with doing this in an adversarial online setting is that it's often used as a trick to make someone admit to some position that's 'close' to the original, and then spin that as agreeing to the original position.

Especially on twitter where post length forces shortcuts which are very easy to maliciously leverage.

In some cases if the assumption is what's being argued itself doing this is an attempt at manipulation, not genuine discussion.