Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

2012-10-14 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
I'm not entirely certain that this has a lot to do with civilityalthough it does certainly have a lot to do with respect for women. (It also reassures me that my decision to not create a facebook account was wise in more ways than one.) +1 Nonetheless, one difference that was

Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

2012-10-13 Thread Carol Moore DC
Speaking of incivility, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Civility_enforcement is still going on... But we need more than words - we need a video. Maybe some of the influentials on board could get something like this going... As I just wrote there: I'm thinking

Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

2012-10-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
What I was most struck by was the hypocrisy: in Reddit's vision, freedom of speech includes anonymously posting invasive images of teenagers, but excludes posting the name of a 49-year-old programmer who anonymously posts invasive images of teenagers. No privacy rights for teenage girls, complete

Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

2012-10-13 Thread Risker
I'm not entirely certain that this has a lot to do with civilityalthough it does certainly have a lot to do with respect for women. (It also reassures me that my decision to not create a facebook account was wise in more ways than one.) Nonetheless, one difference that was immediately

Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

2012-10-12 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
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,