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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (36619)5/2/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: Edwarda  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Chuzz, as Graystone points out, SI is a forum and a community. This is more than an issue of editorial control; it is a question of how a community polices itself. SI could use the loose wording of the terms of use to give the boot to everyone who posts something abusive or offensive and the content of Thread Morons would drop dramatically.

The question, what do we do with those who offend us, even offend us deeply? Who sets the standard? You can duck by replying SI, but do you really want to hand that responsibility over to SI Bob? No one could read that much, it would kill him to try.

We could have tighter terms of use setting the standards, but it strikes me that we would run into a permutation of the spambot problem quite readily. I think you would agree that behaviors entirely appropriate on some threads are totally out of place on others. (Consider Insults or Beltane.)

Once again, I take us back to the notion of a voluntary community. What is a community to do with the offensive, even the dangerous? Expulsion is a quick fix, assuming we can agree on the standards and conditions, but can we? There are people at SI who still miss John Galt, who mourn Lisa; there are others who were revolted by them.

I think that we have to consider other ways of dealing with the offensive and hurtful to disempower them.

Giving fingertips a rest for a few minutes and thinking....
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