Hi all, After a bit of an IRC sidebar with mhoye, I wanted to reframe this conversation to a concise wording that (I think) reflects the core intent of the Planet peers:
=========== We're planning to move to an explicit tag model, where we will publish only posts that are explicitly tagged as Mozilla. This is not intended to exclude off-topic content, but to encourage a degree of intentionality around the content individuals choose to publish to Planet. In terms of appropriate content, we believe the Mozilla Participation Guidelines are a minimum baseline, and we expect everyone publishing on Planet to abide by those guidelines in choosing where to publish. ============ I think this is a much simpler expression of intent, and something I’m really happy to see as a small but concrete step toward improving Planet. — Mike > On Dec 12, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Mike Hoye <[email protected]> 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/ > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
