I’m just glad someone recognized this was a joke about friends.

I’ve experienced you telling me it does so it’s highly probable, I’d guess.

Only if you hate having friends i guess.

I see myself as a customer.

Yeah, that was the “cia.”

I don’t think there is much swaying of opinion in online conversations so most conversations is just bluster or time sinks. If anything of value is ever being discussed it is almost certain that astroturfers have infiltrated the conversation and diffused any real action that may have come of it.

Think of reddit. Think of the top 2-3 comments. There are a mountain of comments under those that just fade into obscurity. Their could be someone on reddit posting the “meaning of everything” on every post that hits r/all and it’s been virtually censored by just the sheer amount of garbage spam that thoses post will receive. Gaurenteed the posts with the most engagement have been artificially boosted.

I do this constantly and get challenged a lot. The people challenging my ideas and thoughts arent trying to convince me of anything. They are trying to wear me down, that’s the strategy. If that’s what we are up against then nothing good will ever come out of these spaces.

… how dare I utter an opinion

Generally yes, but I feel a lot of people will assume their grievance is some sort of gray area that needs this type of consideration when it’s most likely not.

I’m fine with it, but me personally, am also fine leaving communities when they have stopped being useful and become belligerent, like you’re describing.

Most conversations on the internet are worthless or I would even attribute negative value to many of them.

Did you just call me stupid! O_o you heartless beast.

Disregarding the power of “influence” in the modern day is so absurd, honestly.

I’m not a mod

Sounds like I was doing customer service before you were born.

Mods aren’t taking the hippocraric oath.

If elon musk can be a “business man” so can you.

To me it’s exactly the type of services a customer service representative would provide.

Nope, I think curat3d spaces should be allowed to exsist. Suppression would only exist if you owned a space and it was being squelched by an outside organization.

Moderation plays a big part in shaping the community. Are community guidlines not set by the mods? If there are people participating not following the guidlines they get squelched because they weren’t following the rules agreed to by everyone participating in that community.

Sorry to all the lovely people I’ve met named karen during my life, no.