The US backed him and portrayed Vietnam as imperialists for fighting against him, so that should really tell you most (though not all) about what you need to know.
The intent of this feature is to drive greater engagement amongst our users and encourage more posts and comments across the site.
Awful. The profit motive strikes again.
Seems like it might encourage harassment of users too. I’m reading in the comments you have to opt out to a permanent “hiding” status if you don’t want your online-offline status revealed. I do hope it encourages more to delete their accounts and migrate at least.
They’re called labour vouchers.