I think a lot of them, actually. Germany certainly does.

My condolences for moving to Crackfurt.

Yes. It does not work without severely limiting what people are allowed to say. I do believe anonymous communities don’t work without moderation, but I also believe blanket censorship is bad.

I have no good answer :(

I don’t think there is a way to have real time moderation without having bs like pre-approval of messages or AI snake oil. Which I am strongly against.

Late comment, by have you considered that psychology will always messy, because humans are complicated?

I am not arguing that historically, it was always right. Science is done by humans, and as you said, humans may be biased, lazy, or maybe just plain corrupt or racist. That does not invalidate the method. A car mechanic can break your tires during maintenance. That doesn’t mean you should never have your car checked. Especially since you are the car, trying to fix itself.

Also, what you describe is a perfect example of the prisoner’s dilemma. The prisoner’s dilemma is not a rule or natural law, not even a prediction. It is a thought experiment, to reduce many complex problems to a simple one. You both trusted each other, so you both chose to play in a certain way. Congrats, just like the thought experiment predicted.

Besides, what is the alternative to trying to put some scientific method into it? Voodoo and evil spirits?

I have a Trust GXT 590, nothing special, but works well enough for about everything with about everything. It can do both Bluetooth, USB-Dongle and USB cable (iirc)

I guess my $170 1050ti will have to survive a bit longer, especially with current TDPs. My whole fucking computer uses 250W in games, monitor included

You can fake a lot of interests. I often faked interest in the state of the company I was working for, in exchange for money. I faked interest in random topics to get a degree. If faking interest in your mineral collection gets me someone to listen to my problems, that is a good exchange in my book. And who knows, maybe I learn some cool mineral fact.