I’m a member of a…less than on the up and up site (yarr, matey!) and this is how they deal with shit people. If someone you invite is a turd then you’re getting booted too when they throw out the turd. It’s like in the mafia when you are “witnessed” the guy who witnesses for you gets whacked if you turn out to be a cop.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026
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I assume you could deactivate an account without pruning if the account is legitimately human, just a very obnoxious one?
Isn't this akin to the PGP web of trust concept?
I particularly like the concept of purging everyone in a compromised branch by pruning the tree at the compromised node.
I think this is an excellent idea, alas I don't know anyone from lobste.rs and I just cannot be bothered with going on IRC in 2026, so I guess I don't get an invite
IRC still awesome, even in 2026. It’ll be awesome in 2056 too.
I'll have to take your word for it. I can't be bothered setting up quassel.