This aligns with my thinking as well. The problem with any kind of enforcement is of course that it’s fast lane to authoritarian (albeit perhaps distributed) op

This aligns with my thinking as well. The problem with any kind of enforcement is of course that it’s fast lane to authoritarian (albeit perhaps distributed) oppression of dissent legitimate dissent. But it’s very rare to see discussion on this level. As seen in this thread it usually stops way earlier. If I’m allowed to branch to a separate topic, I think this is reflected in what I believe is a fundamental issue in larger social networks: moderation. It would solve so many problems (and introduce new ones, which can be solved) if, like email, it was by filters set both by user and server (assuming sufficient federation). This could breed an economy of curation markets/algorithms. If you want to stick to a particular echo chamber, you could. Conway’s law on global scale.