By simple logic, everyone would benefit by understanding and recalling the real meaning of value, and Metcalfe’s law, in any questions of cancellation.

Metcalfe’s law, proven in every scenario, states that the value of a network is given by the number or users squared, multiplied by a utility factor.

The utility factor is a measure of the network usefulness to each user.

Cancellation, or removal of a node, results in the network being reduced in value.

Removal of a number of nodes results in reduction of the network value, by the proportion of the number of removed nodes, squared.

In other words cancellation is always bad.

And dividing networks is always bad.

Under no circumstances is it ever good.

If people want people power, then they should remember that.

Their enemies certainly do, divide and conquer.

Platforms claiming to be in the interests of people, all people, should remember that, and take nothing to do with cancellation, other than perhaps permitting folk to individually mute others they might personally find offensive, now and then. But even it should only be temporary. One or two offensive things said does not mean always offensive things.

After all, in the real world (the most valuable), if an individual wishes not to hear something, or see something, they can always hold their hands over their ears, shut their eyes, and repeat la la la for a short time.

But they should be prepared for everyone else noticing.