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Corollary: why do large-group discussions feature a lot of repetition and redundancy?

... because annoyingly for those who carefully track the multiple threads of conversation and avoid repetition to save everyone time, it sometimes works, particularly for those who need something presented multiple times in front of them for it to click. To be clear, it can happen a lot in small groups, too, particularly when there isn't someone carefully moderating discussion. But the N-squared interactions problem makes it nearly inevitable for large groups. Just another reason why consensus doesn't scale up as a decision-making approach... isaacl (talk) 23:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

While many of the comments at a case request are individually of low value, it's definitely a place where for me 1+1+1+1=6 because the repetitive comments do give me a sense of the community and that's a factor I very much like to consider when weighing an action as an arb. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

To clarify, I was thinking more of the same person making the same comments repeatedly, rather than multiple people providing common viewpoints. isaacl (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2024 (UTC)