[baryphonic]

"Something wrong" is the key criteria here. Ultimately, most of the cancellations are differences of opinion, even if someone finds an opinion particularly offensive.

In my experience, no one's opinion changes because he gets punished by some faceless bureaucratic authority. He simply doubles down, because he believes that not only is his opinion correct, but that it has provoked a crackdown from the authorities.

Not every "wrong" needs to be punished or "held accountable." And "cancel culture" itself is sort of a faux accountability, anyway: an angry mob lobbies some bureaucratic authority to deprive an "offender" from his supporters, often on trumped up accusations and with meticulous organization. They could have instead brought up whatever the offense was forever, they could have debated the person, they could have boycotted, all of which at least give the supporters and the offender the chance to think about what happened.

A large part of cancel culture involved excluding the multitude of middle ground positions down to either legal sanction or a few degrees of unpersoning. There are so many more solutions, including maybe just tolerance of statements we find offensive.

[peyton]

It’s paid. Like ~$10–30k plus a bonus if successful. The cancellations are not differences of opinion. They are paid operations.

[klyrs]

I could be getting paid to cancel people? Please tell me more.

[atq2119]

You personally? Probably not. After all, what's your chance of succeeding?

And I'd like to see proof of GP's claim, but it's pretty plausible that there are people who would try to offer and seek such a service. Imagine the damage you could cause if you managed to cancel a competitor's CxO...

That doesn't mean that such deals actually happen, of course.

[klyrs]

> After all, what's your chance of succeeding?

I could make a twitter account if that would up my chances?