On 2014-12-12 12:03 PM, Michael Kelly wrote:
Neat! A few questions:
- What's a position statement? I just don't know specifically what
that term means. :P
What we're aiming for here is, in the broadest sense:
- "I invite my fellow Mozillians to discuss this controversial topic,
that matters to me, in this other forum" is OK, but
- "On this controversial topic, this is the only correct position to
hold" is not OK.
I believe that we become stronger as a community for the first, and
worse off for the second.
- When you say "a topic others may find challenging", do you mean
difficult to understand, or do you mean touchy/controversial?
We mean touchy/controversial. If you have a solution to P=NP, go right
ahead. If you have a solution to a middle-eastern geopolitical issue,
consider inviting people to have that discussion somwhere not-Planet.
- Just to clarify, does any of this apply to controversial topics that
are relevant to Mozilla? Is there more leeway for strong opinions on
our controversies?
Mozilla-relevant content has a home in Planet, even if it's hard to talk
about.
On "leeway": we're not proposing cutting people off for having strong
opinions, or even content moderation in anything but the most egregious
cases. We're asking that people be explicit in their decisions to send
posts to Planet, and that as a courtesy to fellow Mozillians, when they
decide to use that platform for topics they care about that aren't
precisely on-point, that it be noted as such up front.
- mhoye
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