Comment on Why are Kiwi Farms users being banned, despite their adherence to the instance rules?
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Something I have learned from Anarchists is how reactionaries take over political and non-political spaces. A few arrive and they adhere to all the rules but push bounderies where they can to see whats acceptable. Eventually it reaches a point where that space has a discussion publicly by users or privately by mods on what to do about this person or group. They aren’t technically breaking any rules so it feels wrong to remove them but they have upset enough people to get to this point that it feels SOMETHING must be done. If this user gets banned at most the space gets some wreckers and trolls that are annoying but the precedent has been set so they will get removed too. However if this person is not banned it means that space is recognized as safe for people like them. Others follow and the space becomes hostile to some of its original userbase until it becames a reactionary cesspit. It doesn’t always end up there, but it is better not to tolerate intolerance when it is easy to spot.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s much older than the internet…
Normally it’s done over weeks/months, but A Bronx Tale sped up the process for a five minute part of the movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLji-iHgEb0
It’s exploiting “sunk cost fallacy” you avoid small indiscretions and count on basic human decency, but by the time the offensive group feels they have control, they take the mask off.
Then you have to deal with them, or let them have the place and hope they don’t completely destroy it.