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@purplehippo @verius The developer likely wishes to implement the blocklists because if his users are doing it, not the instance itself, he can maintain the appearance of being free speech while essentially actually being a walled garden/echo chamber functionally speaking.
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@purplehippo @verius When you can paint all your sins on a respective outgroup, you never have to take personal responsibility for them. Don't expect them to change from that behaviour either, since it involves the painful admission they mistreated others.
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@purplehippo @verius I probably could be a lot more patient with some of them, but I don't feel particularly inclined to waste my limited productive time on people whom frankly aren't likely to appreciate it, and are just as likely to turn around and repay any such time spent or compassion with vindictiveness. I know their type - they do what gets them social credi…