META: the twitter-clones all have the same problem in that a thread "owner" has...
META: the twitter-clones all have the same problem in that a thread "owner" has almost no moderation powers for the discussion on the thread. Compare this to, say, a discord server, where a minor internet celebrity can moderate the conversation, at the cost of limiting it to super fans. The tech-bro/libertarian solution of asking everyone to block doesn't work because in a conversation of 1000 people, you're asking 999 to take up the task of moderation if they want moderation.
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A tech-bro/libertarian would argue you can do anything as long as it doesn't harm someone else, creating a moderation problem for everyone should count as a problem for everyone.
(yeah, I do think most tech-bro/libertarians actually think "you can do anything as long as it doesn't harm *them personally*" and the stance is mostly a dishonest face for sociopathy)