Digital Ostracism & Isolation
Coordinated unfollowing, banning, gatekeeping and credibility scrubbing to cut a target off from their network, so that isolation does what argument could not.
An everyday example
Being removed from the industry group chat after disagreeing with its organiser; a competitor lobbying to exclude you from the conference.
What it can cost you
Conceding to end isolation; treating exclusion as evidence you were wrong.
Warning signs
- I want back in more than I want to be right.
- One person controls my access to the group.
One thing to do
Keep relationships outside any single network; when excluded, ask what you actually lost and who decided.
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