Forum administrators or moderators may use a variety of technical and social strategies to silence dissenting voices, some of which are more subtle or manipulative. Here are some examples: **Technical strategies:** 1. **Removing posts or comments**: Removing or hiding posts or comments that do not fit the current narrative or agenda. 2. **Temporary or permanent blocking**: Temporary or permanent blocking of dissenting voices to limit their voices. 3. **Vote manipulation**: Manipulating votes or ratings of posts to make posts with less attention appear less popular. 4. **Algorithm manipulation**: Adjusting ranking algorithms to make posts with opposing views harder to find in search results or on the homepage. **Social strategies:** 1. **Offensive language**: Using derogatory language, personal attacks, or insults to silence or silence dissenting voices. 2. **More subtle forms of humiliation**: Using sarcasm, ridicule, or contempt to discredit and marginalize dissenting voices. 3. **Creating the "nagging artist" stereotype**: Portraying dissenting voices as "nagging" or "agitators," implying that they are not worthy of being taken seriously. 4. **Threat and harass**: Online harassment, threats, or physical attacks against dissenting voices to intimidate or silence them. 5. **Divide and rule**: Promote internal conflict or factionalism to divide opposing voices and weaken them. 6. **Repeat false information**: Repeat false or misleading information to create a false narrative and suppress facts. 7. **Appear as an opponent**: Pretend to support opposing voices while spreading false information or undermining credibility. 8. **Smear ALLY**: Attack or discredit individuals or organizations associated with opposing voices. **Social engineering strategies:** 1. **Thought leader manipulation**: Influence or persuade influential forum members or thought leaders to promote dominant narratives and suppress opposing voices. 2. **Social identity**: Use social pressure to shape behavior, such as creating an "abused" or "radical" hierarchy to smear those with different opinions. 3. **Herd mentality**: Create the illusion of a dominant idea or consensus to suppress minority or dissenting opinions and make them look like abnormalities. 4. **Groupthink**: Suppressing critical thinking and encouraging herd thinking by emphasizing obedience, loyalty, and limited cognitive abilities. **Other strategies:** 1. **Issue diversion**: Directing the topic or discussion to a topic unrelated to the issue at hand or presenting irrelevant information. 2. **Gene abandonment**: Attacking the other party’s credibility or motives rather than addressing the substantive issues. 3. **Rebuttal debate**: Responding to reasonable objections using pre-determined synthetic rebuttal arguments that essentially do not address the issue at issue. 4. **Total Pages**: Using dominance, information richness, and relevance to create the illusion of narrative legitimacy. Please note that these strategies may be used to suppress reasonable objections or dissent and undermine critical thinking and open discussion.