I recently put my finger on what has been changing lately, especially after the assassination:

We used to say, that online speech, is not the same as in-person speech.

Online, you can yell horrible things, imply that somebody should "do something" about another person, but police showing up at your door is a tyranny, even if those same things on a street corner would've had you on involuntary commitment. Online, a developer might build an app that pulls off phishing scams, but they have the complete right to be anonymous. Meanwhile, the person cutting your hair, preparing your food, or even selling you flowers needs registration, if only for taxes. In person was a "real" threat, while online was just "venting," "trolling."

That's dying. Online is now the real world. With real world consequences.

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jay_kyburz 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

That has always been the case. I've always posted under my real name as a constant reminder.

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everdrive 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>Online is now the real world.

Without most of the benefits of the real world, mind you.

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gjsman-1000 3 days ago | parent [-]

I don't know what you mean. I don't know in what world you could say half the things that were on BlueSky, post-assassination, without riot police being called and people getting arrested, assuming they were physically present and saying the same things.

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pessimizer 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The US? We have the first amendment here and you can actively and energetically endorse violence. You can't cross over into coordinating violence, which is the "eminent lawless action" part. But you can certainly suggest it, or demand it. Celebrating it is sometimes almost mandatory.

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add-sub-mul-div 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Can't understand how that relates to this other than as an awkward, contrived excuse for bad faith pearl clutching about checks notes Bluesky.

Are you reading your own words? You're saying online is now offline because of consequences meanwhile the Bluesky posters you're complaining about are not actually being arrested by riot police.

	▲	gumby271 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think they're saying that they would very much like that to happen.