blarg?

Apropos of a conversation I had a few days ago, I have a small set of observations for you. They are as follows.

1. Any digital forums that allow public participation are either:
   • Gated communities, or
   • Running firefights.
2. The most important question to ask about any innovation or emerging technology is “What’s going to happen when the assholes get hold of this?”
3. Though not always, typically when people say “assholes” they’ll mean “advertisers”.

It follows that, for a piece of socialware to survive widespread uptake it must have mechanisms in place that provide its primary administrators with:

• walls, and/or

• guns.

Default fortification and armory settings should always acknowledge that the good guys are badly outnumbered.