Voting for a claim is the equivalent of saying the words of the claim with the voter's own mouth. Since there are more than two of us, "you" is ambiguous.
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Oscar J Carlton IV
on February 10, 2007
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The solution is to avoid the use of "you" in claims. Twixt "I" and "one" we should get along nicely.
No wait, thats wrong. You could be used clearly in a statement with someone's name in it. "Oscar J Carlton IV thinks you make to many claims" for example. I need more coffee.
The reader and the next voter are the same person. The way to phrase it would be "Ben Breedlove thinks I make too many claims."
and yet somehow the intent remains perfectly clear
Only if you don't think about it.
You've got me here.