Therefore ( 
) I said, „(a) you are neutral, as you should be as a moderator, which you were in former times, or (b) you try to touch all groups equally, which is also quite moderator-like“; but since September/October 2019 you are no moderator anymore:
) I offered you two alternatives. “There are more people in a group than people who think they are not in a group” (An old and famous philosopher). Even this one is in a group:
I’m probably (a), tho I can sometimes do (b) …for the sake of amusement.
He’s definitely in a few groups alright… he’s certainly got very specific tastes, and he owns the world to boot… 
Is that your account? If it isn’t, why choose that one? Purple semi-precious gem stones? …neat. I’m a sucker for them myself… I have a veritable collection of semi-precious stone jewellery.
The one who owns the world also owns the groups contained in it.
Go away.
From his point of view, that’s how it is! 
Do you feel insulted? 
And if so, why?
Sorry.
The world is a construct. I’m sure you understand what I’m getting at and alluding to…?
Those that stay within their set, are welcome to it …those that venture out, grow their character and confidence more, than those that don’t/who become hollow inside… void of character and kindness.
Currently there is a lot of talk about trolls and sock-puppets here at ILP.
My contribution to this:
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What annoys a poster more: the troll or the sock-puppet?
Trolls and sock-puppets are functions of a strategy.
And what is the strategy of a troll? So their strategies pay off? Perhaps low dividends!!!
The strategy of a troll is to isolate the others, to destroy them, but sometimes also to have fun with them under the condition that this leads to the goal of having no other topic than the topic “fun”.
This is my assessment. I do not consider myself a troll, but I am interested in the motives of trolls.
otto you are a funny guy 
How do you propose such groups are isolated?
You have not said exactly what you mean by this. Surely “membership” of any group has to be a venn diagram where where ideas and your positions on things would overlap with other people. As individuals “membership” of a group is not really possible since any other member is likely to take different stance on some other issue.
Being funny seems to be Otto’s job here on this internet platform.
hes a really funny guy in the right kinda way. no offence otto.
Yes, being funny is my job, but my job ethic has limits, moreover, I often have vacations.
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I quite like the autonomy and freedoms my non-group isolation gives me…
…tho only 95% of the time, and not all 100% of the time… so not wholly antisocial.
But you are 95% antisocial then - according to your own words. … Nice.
The 5% is the percentage of me that wants to go Out Out, every-so-often.
Sometimes I fulfil the want, but more often-than-not, I don’t.
Duties and responsibilities are not the same as not having freedoms as long as you have chosen them yourself. You are not more free than a busy working mother or a lawyer working 16 hours a day just because you sit in your house, talking to your cats or whatever…if that were the case then the prisoners who do nothing but lay on their asses and smell their farts would be the most free people in our society. Not taking up investments and not making choices that cut your choices also demands an investment and also cuts your choices; a man who has a whole day to himself has neither a job or a family and is paying the consequences for his choices as much as a man who has a job and a family but does not have a whole day to himself. Freedom is not anarchy and wild and lazy trifling about, doing as you please without taking into account others around you…A man who refuses to co-operate with his fellow countrymen and neighbors is definitely less free than a man who constrains himself and does cooperate. Look at an idiot kook like Satyr…what is he free to do?walk between his living room and the toilet and spout shit on the internet and see his son on the weekends???thats freedom???that has nothing to do with freedom, freedom is a precondition, not a condition.
