Yeah, no shade to you at all. I use the term ethics in such a broad way (c.f. my conversation with Vitor) that it's really not possible to have an ethic beyond reproach.

For this one, last word has the same problem block does. You can't make someone else stop talking, you can only stop listening. The ethical argument is that if you're the kind of person who forces the other person to stop talking rather than removing yourself from the conversation, you're relying on clients to exercise force on your behalf. Sometimes that's ok, Rabble has convinced me that blocks and deletes are worth supporting to make online spaces easier for women (for example) to be in. So it's not a hard and fast opinion, I just would feel like a jerk if I ever used last word, and would probably be percieved as such.

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Ok. Your objection made me think deeper about it. I think it's not right to stop someone from replying to your "last word" and it wasn't really the intent. Digging deeper, I think what I wanted was a signalled thread mute, saying "I have chosen not to see replies to this note, so don't be suprised if I don't engage with them". This would mute the threat only for the person, everybody else could reply and see replies, the other guy could follow up wtih "what a dick" and everyone can see that... but it serves my purpose which is to convey an important message AND mute things.

Anyhow, even that isnt something I'm going to do anytime soon.