analog_fluffy@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · vor 4 MonatenDemocracy is the best form of governance but we use dictatorship for our forums. Is this for efficiency? Control? Something else?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down127
arrow-up1-22arrow-down1message-squareDemocracy is the best form of governance but we use dictatorship for our forums. Is this for efficiency? Control? Something else?analog_fluffy@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · vor 4 Monatenmessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareTolookahlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·vor 4 MonatenBecause the owner decides this is how it works. If you want it to work any other way, you can spin up your own, and that process IS like democracy where people vote with their engagement on which site to visit.
minus-squareanalog_fluffy@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·vor 4 MonatenThat explains how (through force) not why. Having your choice of dictatorship is not like democracy. Democracy is a method for creating policy. That’s quite different.
minus-squareTolookahlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·vor 4 MonatenWhy do the owners decide this? Liability and cost. They want their space to be how they want, because it’s theirs.
Because the owner decides this is how it works. If you want it to work any other way, you can spin up your own, and that process IS like democracy where people vote with their engagement on which site to visit.
That explains how (through force) not why.
Having your choice of dictatorship is not like democracy. Democracy is a method for creating policy. That’s quite different.
Why do the owners decide this? Liability and cost. They want their space to be how they want, because it’s theirs.