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by naiwenwt 1606 days ago
Conversely, if someone makes their sandbox publicly available, they accept some risk that someone else in it may behave in a way that they don't like.

You can argue that Blizzard was well within their rights in punishing Blitzchung, but then Blizzard's audience is well within their rights to be upset with said punishment.

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> Conversely, if someone makes their sandbox publicly available, they accept some risk that someone else in it may behave in a way that they don't like.

Actually, you don’t have to accept that. That’s what moderation is for.

Moderation is a method to manage the risk, if anything the existence of moderation indicates that platforms accept it to some extent.