Ms. Penny OakenJul 13, 2023
About a month ago, as a result of a discussion with some other Reddit moderators, I came to a conclusion — it was not wholly inaccurate, but it was wrong.
Show threadMartin Seeger

@PennyOaken A lesson learned a long time ago: if it smells like shit, looks like shit and it is traveling fast toward a fan: just cut your losses and run. I really don’t are what happens to Reddit any more.

Treat them and X as if they were already dead, bankrupt and shutdown.

Unluckily I have problems of translating the germanic concept of “Acht” (not the number, but the punishment) into English. We need something like that for businesses.

Oct 15, 2023 at 9:17pmWeb
Show threadMs. Penny OakenOct 15, 2023
@masek The best English expression I’ve encountered for _Acht_ is the notion that there’s a social contract & that those who demonstrate a practice of violating the social contract, cannot avail themselves of appeal to it when society moves against them — or the legalistic proverb that Equity Serves Those With Clean Hands.
Show threadJollyOrcOct 16, 2023
@masek @PennyOaken you mean shunning?
Show threadMartin SeegerOct 16, 2023

@jollyorc @PennyOaken "Shunning" is based on the social aspect while the "Acht" was primarily a legal instrument (or "Friedlosigkeit" as it was called in the nordic languages, "friðleas" in old English).

You automatically lost all your posessions, everyone was allowed to take them. You lost all civil rights, all oaths towards you were undone. That was a fearsome instrument.