meta, dunking, tone policing
Leaving aside the question of whether the target(s) deserve it, or whether the people who do it should be banned for it, what purpose does dunking/harassing serve? Like seriously, what do you think it's going to accomplish?
People *are not rational*. If you want them to be better, harassment is counter-productive, because it makes them defensive and less likely to listen to you.
meta, dunking, tone policing
@morganmay i think it’s precisely that humans are not rational and not thinking about what it does/doesn’t serve.
On the other hand, as social creatures, we do respond to or feel pain of social pressure, and that’s what pile ons try and enforce.
It gives people a sense of power and tribalist solidarity over the person they’re dunking. Most bad things that serve no purpose are about people feeling some kind of power.
