I support this policy addition.
Larissa
On 12/12/14, 08:48, Mike Hoye wrote:
Hi, everyone -
As part of a Planet refresh [1] planned for the new year and aiming
for end-Q2, the Planet peers are going to be revising the
somewhat-sparse Planet documentation and policies [2]. Existing
policies haven't reflected reality in some time and, like virtually
everything about Planet, need a fair bit of love.
While part of the refresh will be technical - clearing out dead feeds,
making search work right, a mobile theme, etc - we'll also be
proposing some changes to how feeds are included on Planet. Our aim is
to advance the core Mozilla mission and foster an inclusive, diverse
community around that mission without denying anyone the freedom to
seek out like-minded Mozillians and speak to things they care deeply
about.
In short: lots of Mozillians care passionately about non-Mozilla
stuff; sometimes that's crafting and music and sometimes it's
activism, politics and religion.
While we don't want to see Planet become a place where people aren't
free to express themselves, we also don't want Planet to become a
platform that alienates Mozillians who feel differently, if just as
strongly, on those same issues.The Mozilla participation guidelines
[3] are an important baseline, but we believe that by taking an active
role in this we can do better.
To that end, we are going to propose that Planet have a participation
policy including words to the effect that "in discussing contentious
or personal topics outside of Mozilla's mission, please consider
invitations to conversation welcome, position statements not, and
exercise your judgement with the growth of a kind and inclusive
community in mind."
Further, that we ask Planet's participating authors to:
- add a "mozilla" tag to posts that are relevant to Mozilla, so that
it's explicit that their inclusion in Planet is deliberate, and
- when addressing the community on a topic others may find
challenging, that there be a brief disclaimer at the top of those
posts outlining the contents. We intend to provide boilerplate text
and HTML snippets people can paste into posts to make that as painless
as possible, though people can always roll their own.
Our hope is that this small up-front investment will lead to Planet's
content being generally more focused without costing anyone the
opportunity to learn about, learn from and grow with other Mozillians
who share their values or beliefs.
As always feedback is welcome; if you have concerns you'd prefer be
discussed privately, don't hesitate to contact me directly.
- mhoye
[1] - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101785
[2] - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Planet_Mozilla
[3] -
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/
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