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0 pointsphoe-krk2y ago0 comments

And? They have a right to do so. In particular, they have a right to defederate any server for any reasons - which includes mine, yours, or this other person's, with or without asking things like "block X or I'll block you".

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whatshisface2y ago

Isn't that a bit like saying a gold prospector has a right to shoot anybody in the whole Wild West, all because he can?

phoe-krkOP2y ago

Equating murder, even attempted, with defederation - this is a fallacy.

whatshisface2y ago

The only way for the analogy to hold no water at all would be for bans and deceleration to not harm anyone; that's not true in many cases.

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whatshisface2y ago

Isn't that a bit like saying a gold prospector has a right to shoot anybody in the whole Wild West, all because he can?

phoe-krkOP2y ago

Equating murder, even attempted, with defederation - this is a fallacy.

whatshisface2y ago

The only way for the analogy to hold no water at all would be for bans and deceleration to not harm anyone; that's not true in many cases.

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