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Browder (founder) appeared to also acknowledge that it was not fit for purpose as well [0].

If something that's providing input to a formal legal process (which, let's not forget, means false or inaccurate statements have real and potentially prejudicial repercussions), "makes facts up and exaggerates", then there seems to be no reason they should be talking about taking this anywhere near a courthouse.

This feels a lot like "move fast and break things" being applied - where the people silly enough to use this tool and say whatever it came up with would end up with more serious legal issues. It seems like that only stopped when the founder himself was the one facing the serious legal issues - 'good enough for thee, but not for me'...

I think what many are overlooking is that bad inputs to the legal system can jeopardise someone's position in future irretrievably, with little or no recourse (due to his class action/arbitration waiver). Once someone starts down the road of legal action, there's real consequences if you get it wrong - not only through exposure, but also through prejudicing your own position and making it impossible to take a different route, having previously argued something.

[0] https://twitter.com/SemaforComms/status/1618306993902743555



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