It’s not treating it a fact that’s frowned upon, same way that it’s not frowned upon to treat Hat&Cloak as Quirrel, or Dumbledore as Santa Claus—we don’t ask that people treat their conclusions as if they’re spoilers.
What’s against the rules is to reveal the specific announcements that have been “unrevealed”.
Is this too fine a distinction for you to understand? Here’s a clue, none of those nine comments say anything about what Eliezer has or hasn’t revealed in retracted Authorial Notes.
It’s not treating it a fact that’s frowned upon, same way that it’s not frowned upon to treat Hat&Cloak as Quirrel, or Dumbledore as Santa Claus—we don’t ask that people treat their conclusions as if they’re spoilers.
What’s against the rules is to reveal the specific announcements that have been “unrevealed”.
Is this too fine a distinction for you to understand? Here’s a clue, none of those nine comments say anything about what Eliezer has or hasn’t revealed in retracted Authorial Notes.
So give it a rest already.