1/ Hot take: 100,000+ user blocklists are pathological. Blocking abuse: good. The block button: good. The mute button: good. False positives: generally acceptable† —————————————————— † If uncorrelated, which they are not.
4/ The end result is that people end up implicitly belonging to a group that isn't merely homogenous — which, is desirable for many people, anyway — but one that is easily identifiable by anyone else, especially when it's cultural signifiers start to bloom (e.g. inside jokes).
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5/ It's a social fission engine.
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6/ Again, I'm not saying "don't block" or "don't mute" or "TrUsT tHe MaRkEtPlAcE oF iDeAs" or "fuck your safe space." I'm saying that I think the existing means of combating abuse on here tends to manufacture more of it.
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