Damus
The Daniel 🖖 · 149w
Speaking of which, to #[3]​ – what’s your take on a social media protocol with no delete function?
Ben Goggin profile picture
Is there a philosophy behind that?

Given current cultural dynamics, I think it would not be great at scale — I think most people when faced with an online mob would want the ability to delete a dumb post.

I think in smaller communities it’s fine, but i’m not sure I fully understand the reason why it’s appealing.
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Avi Burra · 149w
The primary philosophy is the decentralized nature of the protocol itself, IMO. Once you post something, several hundred copies of it exist on relays worldwide, making full deletion a near impossible task. It does seem to have some interesting side effects, though. What we’ve observed anecdotall...