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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by ysavir on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:32AM (#23612992)
Why are you afraid of downvotes? There's little reason to self-censor due to an internet currency.

And I wouldn't say the forum is "exactly this" unless you're saying that downvotes are on par with getting "fired, ostracized, imprisoned, or killed."

Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by peroporque on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:32AM (#23614362)
If you get downvoted, you will be rate limited. So your ability to participate in the discussion will be limited.
Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by monkeycantype on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:43PM (#23622494)
This is a really interesting question. I know I - and most of us - seem to have a sensitivity to negative social responses, that it's own freestanding emotional response, it's not linked directly to any pragmatic connection to the consequences of that response. Which is why in a mass society, where that avoidance response is not well matched to consequences that sociopathy becomes a superpower.

I often find myself thinking that we either need to create a healthier mechanism for finer grained social consequences at a mass scale, or accept that the future belongs to sociopaths and cancel culture.