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Ask HN: Do polite societies enforce their politeness via bullying?
Is there any other way to enforce politeness?
- dave4420 4y agoThere’s also shunning.
- amichail 4y agoIsn’t that a form of bullying?
- bediger4000 4y agoForgive me, but it isn't. Shunning is a refusal to interact, bullying is active and definitely involves interaction. With that distinction, shadowbans are a form of shunning, and not bullying.
- tomohawk 4y agoHN certainly does. HN shadowbans people, for example.
- jjgreen 4y agoI don't think there is, but I'd not call it bullying, rather an expectation that rudeness will be met with violence. Glasgow is a particularly polite town I've found.