Well, you are treating people to different rules based on the money they have, right? This is admittedly a bit melodramatic, but that sounds like Aristocracy.
Usually, when someone concedes a point, you are supposed to respond to the rest of the logic rather than repeat it.
Do you have no response for the fact you endorse different treatment based on net worth, and that you think "your" (collective) judgment is correct on where that line should be drawn?
Because that's self-assigned power, however you slice it.
If it wasn't clear, I was saying "yes that's a bit melodramatic" and so not something I'm going to take seriously. I don't believe you meant it seriously either.
The line is arbitrarily drawn by us at a level we feel is sufficient to exclude truly new minnows. We exercise no power other than that of our stake and that which has been delegated to us freely. But it's all a bit of red herring isn't it, since you disagree to entirely?
Well, it's a minor point, but I think it's fair to say that getting to pick the arbitrary line on any behavior in a social context comes with some degree of power and, to borrow from Spider-Man, responsibility. Hypothetically speaking, if you set the line just above the creator's power, that would be hard to justify as not some kind of advantage, albeit only as large as dodging the bot would be. So, probably not much.
Have you considered adjusting the bot with only one change - no flag, just the reports/updates? It's too bad there's no PM feature, because hypothetically, you could even PM a warning before a public name-and-shame.
I'm not sure these are good suggestions, just off the top of my head.
For one thing it's for particular purpose that has nothing to do with aristocratic ideas, for the other it's in a voluntary situation. Noone is forced to operate in the network.
I think there's a clear difference between opportunistically investing time or money in a social network that still hasn't left beta testing and being born into a nation state.
Well, you are treating people to different rules based on the money they have, right? This is admittedly a bit melodramatic, but that sounds like Aristocracy.
Yep
Usually, when someone concedes a point, you are supposed to respond to the rest of the logic rather than repeat it.
Do you have no response for the fact you endorse different treatment based on net worth, and that you think "your" (collective) judgment is correct on where that line should be drawn?
Because that's self-assigned power, however you slice it.
If it wasn't clear, I was saying "yes that's a bit melodramatic" and so not something I'm going to take seriously. I don't believe you meant it seriously either.
The line is arbitrarily drawn by us at a level we feel is sufficient to exclude truly new minnows. We exercise no power other than that of our stake and that which has been delegated to us freely. But it's all a bit of red herring isn't it, since you disagree to entirely?
Well, it's a minor point, but I think it's fair to say that getting to pick the arbitrary line on any behavior in a social context comes with some degree of power and, to borrow from Spider-Man, responsibility. Hypothetically speaking, if you set the line just above the creator's power, that would be hard to justify as not some kind of advantage, albeit only as large as dodging the bot would be. So, probably not much.
Have you considered adjusting the bot with only one change - no flag, just the reports/updates? It's too bad there's no PM feature, because hypothetically, you could even PM a warning before a public name-and-shame.
I'm not sure these are good suggestions, just off the top of my head.
For one thing it's for particular purpose that has nothing to do with aristocratic ideas, for the other it's in a voluntary situation. Noone is forced to operate in the network.
I guess by that logic, all laws and rulings are voluntary. After all, nobody is forced to live anywhere, am I right?
I think there's a clear difference between opportunistically investing time or money in a social network that still hasn't left beta testing and being born into a nation state.
Maybe that's just me.