> We need a grey area, where you can say something which isn't "accepted by society", but it doesn't get you effectively blacklisted everywhere, and it doesn't

> We need a grey area, where you can say something which isn't "accepted by society", but it doesn't get you effectively blacklisted everywhere, and it doesn't affect things like job offers. I am still thinking about all this, but I feel it is an unsolveable aspect of the global soapbox style social media platforms. You also can't get away with risque jokes in big crowds when public speaking or with people you don't know. With your friends, there is a lot of nuance occuring, like them knowing you are a good person and have good intentions. To a crowd it's not necessarily obvious, and the range of people you could offend is way larger. You know you can grill your friend about their moustache because he knows you mean no harm. You know you can make a joke about bald heads because you know none of present company will be offended, you just can't achieve that in bigger groups. The internet is that issue but on a global scale. The idea that you can say anything on the net without consequences is the wrong idea I think, because you can't even do that off the net. The solution is better community building and social tools for groups I think.