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Re:Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times by ouid on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @08:32PM (#30773411)
I don't think that the problem is cancel culture per se. The problem is how internet identity works. If you attach a real identity to the things you say online, you have a social credit score. Hell, even if you don't attach a real identity to these things, you will very likely not say things that you think are correct, but unpopular, even if you are prepared to defend you position ad nauseam. And you will avoid saying them out of fear of downvotes.

The problem gets much worse if your karma is a thing that you are obligated to attach to your real identity to.

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Re:Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times by RangerScience on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:02PM (#30773624)
Do you think the problem arises because of the formalization of the social credit score (it existed prior to this, just in a non-quantified way), and/or the accessibility of that score to people who aren't in your community?
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Re:Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times by ouid on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:16PM (#30773725)
Not the formalization, because it isn't formalized, but definitely the consolidation, and the emphasis on linking all of your accounts.

For my own part, I have deleted every reddit account that I have ever made in which I felt that I had become attached to my karma. I just rebuild from scratch when that happens. I hate being afraid of saying things. It helps a lot, but I also don't participate in any of the real identity emphasized social media outlets.

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Re:Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times by RangerScience on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:43PM (#30773895)
> formalization

Prior to the modern era you had something analogous to non-quantified "social scores" and "credit score". By "formalized" I mean, I can see an actual, formally quantified measure by looking at Reddit Karma and/or your Experian provided credit score.

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