> the default assumption that everyone should ...

> the default assumption that everyone should read every comment on a forum is an idea that fails at scale too, as one troll or disruptive person can spoil everyone's reading - the Tragedy of the Comments.

A shame that the link to Tragedy of the Comments is dead, it sounded interesting and prescient.

2018-05-07

I think I just need to remind myself and others of the natural progresion of things.

  1. Everything not forbidden is permitted.
  2. Everything not permitted is forbidden.
  3. Everything not forbidden is compulsory

That is all.