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@herrabre @falleroffalls if the fediverse continues to increase in numbers of active users then I expect there to be a variety of approaches towards resolving the problems of social relations. Instances which recruit a voluntary or perhaps even professional police force (if they can get donations for that) will eventually just duplicate the problems of the silos. You end up with a bureaucracy and a system of rules, and then it becomes a question of who makes the rules. Even if you started out with the intention of reducing harassment, or whatever, before you know it you've got the same old familiar problems.
The people who want to use blocks as a political tactic to pressure this or that admin are just trying to create a status hierarchy with themselves at the top of a chain of command. It's a familiar game.
The people who want to use blocks as a political tactic to pressure this or that admin are just trying to create a status hierarchy with themselves at the top of a chain of command. It's a familiar game.
@bob @fallerOfFalls The counterpoint to that, is that when there are no rules then the weakest suffer.
Having a hierarchy isn't always a bad thing. Having rules isn't always a bad thing. Even having a benevolent dictator can be a great solution, as long as it lasts.
Extremes tend to be wrong, no matter which direction they take.
@HerraBRE @bob @fallerOfFalls When there are rules then the weakest suffer in a privilege structure reinforced against opposition. Bullies gang up too, and the top of any hierarchy is irresistible to them. When they get the mantle of legitimacy, they use it to enable their own bullying while silencing and punishing opposition.
@shh @herrabre @falleroffalls having too much power over others is always a problem, no matter how well intentioned the original holder might have been. Sane strategies try to disperse and mitigate any attempted power grabs.
