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by ben_w 1712 days ago
> With the exception of actions that impact others, e.g. DoS, authentication bypass, malicious hacking

It is very easy to DoS by accident with software; and while I’m in favour of totally breaking the economic model of FB in this way, doing so definitely has an impact on others (specifically the Other which is FB itself).

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True, but the only way to prevent that is by stripping users of autonomy.

And in a choice between user autonomy and service stability, I can't side with the latter over the former.