Slammed!

Surely they mean the Nobel Piss Prize.

I always thought repeated offenses call for harsher sentences, not milder, but I guess here we are now.

AFAIK it’s about paying for the lack of tracking, not ads per se. Untargeted ads in the free version are perfectly legal. It’s paywalling the privacy options that isn’t.

It’s too hard to change anything if one believes in laws, rules and the general idea of a fair justice. They don’t have this limitation.

I don’t think so. It’s probably what keeps it small and more personal. There is also the notion of responsibility: if a person I invite causes trouble, it’s potentially on me. Maybe not on the first infraction, but if one invites 20 spammers/cryptobros/venturecapitalists, it’s reasonable to block the inviter too.

I’m not arguing one way or another (that’s not my decision anyway), but I can understand why they do this.

You’ll probably enjoy Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/

Only as long as there is also the third option: having nothing to do with them. With Facebook’s tendrils and tentacles spread across 90% of the Internet, this is not really an option, even if you never ever visit their actual website.