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Lichess.org should put an end to witch hunting against Hans Niemann

Maybe he cheated, maybe he didn't. At this stage we don't know. It is in principle ok to discuss it in the forum, but things have been turning to a public witch hunting and a slandering contest with sham "evidences" against him ranging from pseudo body language experts analysis to erroneous statistical analysis to just "I knew it". People already start using his name as a meme for cheating. I personally don't know the guy, I don't have much sympathy for him, but I don't think it's ok to keep shooting crap at him all day long just on Carlsen's word.
Everything and its opposite has already been said about the topic. Any further discussions only contribute to tarnish the image of chess and the reputation of both player involved, to fuel a toxicity, and to waste precious server space on Lichess.
There's just as much dirt and trash written against Magnus, "he's a disgrace to chess", "he must be banned", "he's a sore loser", "he's going down like Fischer" etc etc
@PxJ said in #5:
> And?

It's just as bad. And from my own expectation, it's even way more unrightful.
That's one more reason to put an end to it then isn't it?
Well yeah, the shitslinging in these threads is annoying in general. I had to report more than just one troll these days
Not exactly sure what you are referring to, but if this is related to user-made comments in chats or forum and they seem disrespectful to you, you can report the user via lichess.org/report
At this point every wannabe playa in the world feels qualified to pass judgement on Magnus ...

Yet another example of mass formation psychosis, I guess ... and it is everywhere !!

Seems to be the way a panicked herd tends to respond to new threats ...

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