:I think the essay really picks up steam at paragraph 3.  Then it is very clear.  I agree that paragraphs 1-2 could use some work and the metaphor is confusing there.  I would like to see more remedies along the lines of what BoboMeowCat said on the essay talk page.  I am okay with the Duck metaphor: 
 #    If it look like a duck and quacks like a Duck, it probably is a duck 
 #    Ducks quack.   And the stuff the COIDuck does will indeed involved a lot of quacking/squawking especially towards users who disagree with the COIDuck's COI agenda. 
 #    WifiOne was taken down by (1) rather than proof of COI. 
 :Thanks for doing this Atsme.  I really appreciate it.  Please don't give up and let criticism get to you!  As Noam Chomsky said early in the movie Manufacturing Consent "if I didn't get this kind of criticism, I would be worried I wasn't doing my job."