Tom, you just made my day. An excellent reminder that as bad as things might be on our projects, they are partially just a reflection of the broader Internet culture (and a reflection of culture in general). Which means (a) it's not totally on us to fix it all, and (b) even as we try to fix it, there are a lot of allies out there fighting the same battles for civility and respect in other venues.
-Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web > > > https://gawker.com/5950981/ > > "One reason Violentacrez continued to occupy such a high-profile position > on Reddit was of course his free speech rhetoric. But Violentacrez has > historically had a close relationship with Reddit's staff, a fact far less > well-known than his controversial behavior." > > "For all his unpleasantness, they realized that Violentacrez was an > excellent community moderator and could be counted on to keep the > administrators abreast of any illegal content he came across." > > Wow, it's like Wikipedia's civility vs. established editors dynamic but > with more misogyny, homophobia and racism... > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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