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Actually applying the golden rule would probably be the death of social media's business model

Life shouldn't be lived as if you're talking to a police officer all the time.

When you're up voting a beheading, it definitely should.

I'm dismayed I need to spell this out.

I was responding to a suggested general rule.

Are you suggesting that up voting a beheading should be a crime? That would be a pretty terrible take.

In a society where the government surveils your social media account and where freedom of speech is not enshrined in law and precedent, sure.

But what determines whether what I am "saying" is or is not "good" in the context of a "like"?

"Keep your mouth shut if you don't want to get in trouble."