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I think I understand you, and I think I broadly agree, but in this case the restriction was specifically on contacting other thunderbird members; that seems lik
by danielheath 4y ago
I think I understand you, and I think I broadly agree, but in this case the restriction was specifically on contacting other thunderbird members; that seems like it's clearly still a vertical slice to me.
- FeepingCreature 4y agoI think what makes it horizontal for me is that you can't "go home and stop being a Thunderbird member". A "Thunderbird member" is something you are, rather than something you do. So this effectively asserts project ownership over the person. This is why I don't care what they do on project media like ML. That's a social space that's reserved for the project itself, so fair's fair. It's part of their slice, but "Twitter, Facebook and Telegram" is not. It's like a school deciding that a child is a bad influence and isn't allowed to have a sleepover with another child in the same class. You have authority over them as long as they're in your care, and not one second longer.
- tomrod 4y ago> "go home and stop being a Thunderbird member" That's what being banned by an organization is. If it feels similar to a cult, it's because cults are organizations too (I say this as a former cult member from birth who was shunned for leaving). Regardless of the merits of the organization, there aren't other effective ways to guide acceptable behavior by its acolytes -- even criminal punishment by governments (organizations) is a related act.