Codes of Conduct can never replace good intentions, mutual respect and human decency, but in the right hands, they can be an excellent tool for bullying and abuse.
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Are you suggesting that social groups usually need a CoC to award its members the right not to be raped? You sound insane to me.
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Well, it was you who came up with "social standing" or "merits" in this debate. Just asking what you mean by this.
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In the absence of controlling goons or crucial resources, the influence you have in a group is awarded to you by its members based on how they perceive your abilities (that is called merits). Social standing is the measure of your capacity for influence.
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And? What does this have to do with having a well-defined set of rules how to deal with bad people?
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You asked what I mean by merits and social standing. I did answer.
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You directly talked about "the right to employ it[mechanisms against bad people" here: https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/937639638877069312 … It certainly looked to me like you were making an agument about access to mechanisms based on merit.
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That is exactly what "merit" means: the degree to which one can be trusted to wield the mechanisms of power. Which is NOT the degree to which one deserves protection. (Bad actors often like to claim that merit is just undeserved privilege.)
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It's intesting to note how people seem to conflate technical merit with social merit here, though. Note how people like Assange, Appelbaum, Marquis-Boire exploited that.
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