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@stack: Yeah, in the Code of Conduct it says that US politics should stay in its relevant subspace. Maybe it's not exactly "silencing." Atleast on Gemini capsules are actually discoverable unlike the WWW where you will keep going to the same 5 or 6 websites even when using a search engine. Gemini's nature makes it harder to silence others I guess, especially if they're hosting their own capsule and not on a centralized server like Bubble.
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@eddos I didn't at all mean that I was silenced -- only that the entire US politics topic could be easily muted if someone doesn't want it. In fact they could still see my other posts, which is a heck of a lot better than leaving the bbs or just muting all my posts (which is also an option). It's a good thing.
And really, everyone has the option of just ignoring someone's posts instead of getting all up in arms and insisting they should shut up.
Enshitification — How does it happen? How does a community of generally well-mannered people become a zoo full of vandals that requires hardcore policing, with automatic weapons? You could blame criminals and build higher walls and get bigger guns. But I think it is exactly the cause of enshitification. People inherently want to be a part of their community. We are social animals. And if we are rejected and have no hope, we apply whatever skills we have to express our frustration at damaging...