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My post was indeed rather convoluted. I dont think we are disagreeing.

With idiot breaks i am talking about timeouts to artificially lengthen the reaction time and with it reduce emotional bias and excitement. Its the same idea as with "count till 10 before you start screaming at someone". I share your concern with reality models and the confidence in them, trying to determine and dictate TRUTH is a dangerous fools errand. I would also go further, that its not just a matter of annoyance, communication channels dictate our reality models. With no error correction for identity based errors (group think, tribalism, ego, fear of loosing credibility/ social capital ...) we are majorly screwed.

With proof of work i am talking purely practical necessity to operate a reputation less communication channel. Going zero moderation with one just hasnt worked so far. And its arguably less bad then the old system of IP bans. And i dont see many alternatives, there will always be a stupid person with a short fuse jamming the channel. Who has likely some interesting points but is ruining the efficiency and with it the appeal of the channel.