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		moreorless on June 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google will start warning Chinese users about prob... Why do people like to start a point with "As a x"? Does it mean that he/she speaks for the group as a whole or does it add extra relevancy?

zem on June 1, 2012 [–]

extra relevance. it's a valuable datapoint to see what someone who is actually affected by the censorship thinks of google's new measure.

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