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GolDDranks | 3 days ago

I applaud your goal!

On the name "Respectify": it immediately reminded me of Linus Torvald's famous quote "respect should be earned". That quote, in its literal form, strikes a chord with me. While I share his sentiment towards respect, I think that lacking respect towards any individual shouldn't entitle you to be an asshole – but that's something that Linus has historically been from time to time. In that context, the quote sounds like a sorry excuse.

In my opinion, the toxicity of communication shouldn't be framed in terms of respect, but in terms of "basic human decency". To me, using the word "respect" sounds like the right to non-toxic communications should be earned. I'd rather have that as the baseline, which is a value that I expect you to share.

Maybe call it Decentify? Or Detox?

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