• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Further, since instance owners are just a username…

    If my good admin got black bagged and replaced by someone else with access to her accounts… How long would it be before I noticed? What if she was pressured or threatened with death if she didn’t comply? Many ways to ruin otherwise good people.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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      Hell. How do you know they were ever “good” to begin with? We have seen an increasing trend in long cons in open source projects and social media and the like.

      Especially when most discourse is largely indistinguishable from AI anyway. Just make a vague non sequitor that aligns with the politics of the audience and everyone cheers.