@kelson Proof by intimidation? Just state your point, please. @rimu @dansup

@kelson
As people usually look down from root, I think removing comments from that version of the tree (just because OP doesn't like them) would be much the same as force-delete.
@rimu @dansup

@kelson
I disagree. Any given position in a comment tree currently is a perspective of the same tree (only posts that are neither a reply nor are a parent (both recursive) aren't displayed). If comments are hidden depending on the position, that would not just make for different perspectives of the same tree, but for different parallel ones.
@rimu @dansup

@kelson I think it would be weird if the comment chain would look different depending on from what post you're looking at it. @rimu @dansup

@foxyoreos
> but not enough to remove misinformation if it's not in a reply
Objective reality is hard. There are always going to be people that can't be convinced with reason. In fact, I think that's the case for everyone, to some extent. Humans aren't rational. They reject arguments completely if they don't fit in their existing view of the world.
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@kelson
I don't know what you, and those instances, think are bad actors, but I suspect that might include people that .social, being relatively liberal, deliberately doesn't disallow. Concerning the objectively bad actors, they might just tend to go to .social due to the absence of reason to go elsewhere. You can't blame the .social moderators for that. (2/2)
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@kelson
According to you it might be no more than theory, but that might be due to a discrepancy in what's perceived proper moderation. As I said, *I* think moderation on .social is fine, as will most users of .social. (1/2)
@rimu @dansup

@kelson In theory, the source instance will only be big if it has proper moderation, as it's one of few differentiating factors. And in my experience, moderation on .social is decent.
@rimu @dansup

@kelson Users also don't expect their blocklist to be public, which would be necessary for this to work. @dansup

@kelson
> harassment, scams, or other abusive replies
Those should be removed by server moderators. If the origin server doesn't take it down, other servers can decide to defederate it. If your own server neither defederates not deletes the reported replies, you should look for another server imho.
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