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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by afiori on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:38PM (#20619311)
> In the same sense that a mob outside the courthouse ensured a guilty verdict, perhaps. But it's still the jurors who actually acted.

I am not sure what you mean here... but I would find in both cases very problematic that a mob could wield such power. A mob is not a democratic representation.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by DuskStar on Monday August 05, 2019 @07:33PM (#20620413)
I meant that the mob may have made demands, but the only power the mob has is that which it is given. Just like the verdict reached by those jurors, Cloudflare chose their own path.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by afiori on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:09AM (#20623209)
Mob power come mostly from two sources. First, the one you point out, people/companies yielding and affirming the efficacy of their method. Second from other public figure joining in the pressure.

The reason the mob has power is in the end that they do not get criticized by those they respect.

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