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by Grimburger 661 days ago
> every comment you want to post costs one cent

People were saying this about email 20+ years ago.

Not sure if it's the case here but there's a tendency for those in tech to think people problems can be solved with code.

Many of the bad things on the internet are a layer 8 issue and collective human behaviour isn't an easy problem to solve.

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> Many of the bad things on the internet are a layer 8 issue and collective human behaviour isn't an easy problem to solve.

Sure, clever analogy. The internet barely facilitates many best practices for congregating on a communal basis, barring a user's self-sovereign strive to cultivate, recognize and then compensate for its failings with whatever sort of information, interactions and dealings one happens to seek.

20+ years ago, i just settled for lurking whatever boards popped out of the ether and playing EverQuest, RuneScape and Habbo Hotel, to soak in its novelty. Such persistent asymmetricity should never be lost.