Do you think shields matter against intentional blind bombing on civilians? Or do you seriously think they are not purposely aiming for civilians with the way they chose to attack? Use your brain.

Haha, yea. I don't think you can make people coordinate that much unless it's bots.

You have a very entitled and factually incorrect view of who has access to the internet.

I'm looking for why those dates in particular. Also, it's a spike that's very different from Lemmy.

He's on kbin, maybe he's collecting negative reputation.

What you said is the equivalence of putting all the eggs in one basket, which is a pretty silly use of the human resources available.

And it's perfectly normal for technology to advance and become more effective and efficient over time.

OCR is, and has always been, an incredible source for music.

So if someone make a wrong accusation of someone else or if they make a death threat or doxx someone the comment should just stay up. Am I hearing your position correctly?

And I think you missing something. People perceptions are different and they aren't necessarily "correct", yours and mine included. Report doesn't automatically remove someone, but it does allow admins and mods to see it, in other word, get a third party to look at it. Multiple reports also mean more people thinking this is harmful. Just because you don't agree with other people's perception doesn't mean they are wrong and you're right or vice versa. Not to mention that certain kinds of harassments and hate speeches directly break the ToS.

Furthermore, reporting != banning. Reporting on a comment is the voice in that comment is listened to, and it's been decided that it's harmful.

Not only that because they are federated there will be a much higher traffic, which will come with higher cost. So a possible playbook Meta could follow is say they'd help cover the cost from their user base. Then it becomes the equivalence of being bribed. You don't do what they want they stop giving you the money and because of the growth that comes with Meta, an instance that federate with them could suddenly find themselves struggling to maintain the instance.

It affects those who don't want their votes visible and for random stranger to track their activities. That's why this is better as an opt in for those who want them and have them be invisible for those who don't want to share it. Think of how you can set your Youtube playlists like favourites to private or unlisted.

The irrational part that people miss is, as always, thinking of a subset as a unified whole.