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  • edent@lemmy.onetoTechnology@beehaw.orgKilling Community
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    1 year ago

    I think that’s a lovely idea - which doesn’t work in reality. At some point someone will need to be cast out. That can’t be done by peer pressure, because scammers, spammers, and griefers don’t care about that.

    Individual blocks also don’t work because they leave unaware users open to being abused.

    Sure, you could have a town council vote on a block, or have software which blocks a user for all if they have been blocked >=N times, but that’s still moderation.



  • edent@lemmy.onetoTechnology@beehaw.orgKilling Community
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    1 year ago

    One underrated thing that keeps the village going is the police. Or, in our case, the mods.

    I know, I know! Everyone hates the mods - with their over-inflated egos and unaccountable practices and their capricious banning of innocuous subjects.

    But life without the mods means a village where rioters run rampant.



  • The question is always going to be “who are you defending against?”

    If the CIA/FBI/MI5/KGB etc want in to your data, they’ll probably find a way. If it is just stolen, then the phone’s built in protection is going to stop anyone from brute forcing it.

    But your biggest weakness is yourself. Do you really want to type in a 8 digit pin every time? No. So you’ll leave it unlocked for longer - which gives a theif more time to fiddle with it.