Post #3449014

2026-06-28 09:00 UTC

Behavior in socio-technical systems, such as the #Fediverse, are created structurally by the architecture of that system. The moralizing of individual behavior that emerges from structural problems is very much the same as "carbon footprint", even if the larger sociotechnical framework is different. All sociotechnical systems exist with cybernetic feedback from the users, and the less adaptable the technology is, the more adaptable the users will become. Both shitty bots and dogpiling behavior exist because the sociotechnical environment creates the dynamic.

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@AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space 2026-06-28 11:32

I think I need to go into this some more. If you release a book, and I buy the book, I am allowed to do anything I want with that book other than make copies and distribute them. That includes: - Using the information is harmful ways the author didn't intend - Burning the book - Using the book as material to write a totally different book with the TM filed off - Using the book as source for my Erotic Fan Fiction - Doing linguistic analysis on the book - Anything else Telling me afterwards that I'm not is a consent violation. Telling me afterwards that I signed a contract without realizing it that makes me unable to do these things is a consent violation. Because the book existed within a sociolegal framework which afforded a set of rights that the the author, distributor, and purchaser could all expect. But more importantly, attempts to force post-market behavior on an item through anti-Right-To-Repair contracts, anti-ai advocacy, or changing the laws are all attempts to have property rights usurp rights of possession. In fact, unsurprisingly, property rights have increasingly been favored over rights to possession.

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