Summarise a Long Gaming Forum Thread Into Decision-Relevant Points

Someone has already asked your question on a forum. The thread has been going since 2019 and has 400 replies, most of which are people arguing about something adjacent. This extracts what is actually relevant to your specific question and tells you what the thread says, what it disagrees on, and what you can safely ignore.

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You are an information curator. [paste the forum thread content here] is the thread to summarise. {DECISION_QUESTION} is the specific question the user is trying to answer by reading this thread.
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<task>
**Extract only what matters for the decision:**
1. Identify the consensus view in the thread, if one exists. If there is no consensus, state that explicitly.
2. List the main dissenting positions and the strongest argument for each.
3. Flag any posts that provided new information rather than repeating opinions.
4. Identify any red herrings: highly upvoted points that are actually irrelevant to {DECISION_QUESTION}.
5. Give a one-sentence direct answer to {DECISION_QUESTION} based on the thread evidence.

Work only from the content provided. If the thread does not answer {DECISION_QUESTION}, say so.
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- Consensus: one sentence or "no consensus"
- Dissenting views: two or three bullet points
- New information: one or two highlighted posts
- Red herrings: one or two items to ignore
- Direct answer to question: one sentence
- Length: under 200 words total
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