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by jrflowers 709 days ago
> Even in the benign use it's training a bunch of people into censoring themselves into a specific way of speaking.

Imagine a place on the internet where your speech is moderated, like a place you’re not forced to use and has rules about what you can and can’t post. Speech that goes against the rules could be hidden or removed and the users of the service train themselves to speak in a certain way when they are using it.

Perish the thought, that sounds like a dang dystopian Netflix show

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Now imagine if that place was everywhere at all times because it's completely automated and cheap.
Imagine if optional things on Roblox became mandatory in society… spooky stuff
Is communication optional? You are restricting this to only being used by Roblox, it will be used by everyone.

But yes, please keep defending the development of mass surveillance technology.

This is like saying you saw a No Shirt No Shoes No Service sign at a restaurant and are worried that men with guns might come and enforce that rule in your home. Would that be terrible? Yes. Does the fact that the sign exists mean that you’re fated to nail it to your own wall? No.