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by nicky0 1160 days ago
What would even be the basis for a lawsuit? It's just content on a forum site.
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If you squinted real hard you'd claim that your time was wasted, and then value your time as a function of revenue earned from your views, and set up a class action suit for everyone who had ever viewed that site and been thusly defrauded.

.......and promptly win about $1.98 in the process.

People are assuming it’s a part of financial fraud. Which it obviously isn’t.

It’s akin to putting a fake pic on a dating website as far as I’m concerned.