this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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Privacy aside, but just for a second - if we don't hold ourselves to a higher standard, our standard will just be lower. That's all that will happen.
We each make a choice according to our level of comfort in concern to privacy, or lack thereof, in how we choose to conduct ourselves afforded by the solutions we utilize and the rituals we observe.
Remember, privacy can never be enforced or guaranteed, only encouraged. Best practices, as available, as it were.
Agree, but I wasn't talking about privacy.
I apologize, you were very clear about being outside of privacy. Forgive me, I'm having trouble separating its context in this regard.
I liken level of standard similar to personal reputation. At the end of the day, that's all we have—we accept what we are willing to live with.
No worries, it seems like you understand perfectly - I was just reflecting on the downvotes above.
I like it here because the people often seem real, and the voting generally seems (to me, anyway) to follow more of a meritocratic pattern than whatever the fuck has been going on at the other place for the last ten or more years.
We should probably try to really understand these differences so we might get better at designing communities that are actually sustainable. Maybe I am just getting old - I'm tired of starting over, I'm tired of watching great communities self-destruct.