They’re trying to juice up their stats for advertisers. More registered users = more surveillance capitalism.

So confidently predicting an outcome is the problem?

That’s a problem that could emerge with any system used to predict the outcome of any election.

If you make a prediction, you’re arguably telling people not to vote.

What is he, a religious leader now?

He was a good modeler and handicapper. His model happened to work well for the 2016 election. That’s it. He’s not a fucking oracle.