I agree with Risker here. Pine
On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12 February 2017 at 17:22, Jonathan Cardy <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Risker, >> >> Clearly not everyone would opt into it if there was an option to do so. >> Do you object to the idea of developing an option to opt in to email >> filtering? >> >> Regards >> >> Jonathan/WereSpielChequers >> >> >> > Yes, I do, to be honest. The other proposals included in this discussion > would be far, far more effective in limiting unwanted or inappropriate > emails, without requiring the need to recruit and screen a large number of > volunteers to "screen out" inappropriate emails. Honestly, the idea that > we'd want people to turn their volunteer time over to screening emails > rather than doing everything else that needs to be done is kind of > worrisome; current volunteers already have a plethora of activities to > participate in, many of which can also assist in harassment reduction, and > I'm not sure I'd like to know the psychological profile of people who would > volunteer specifically to screen emails. Hiring staff to do this would be > outrageous, both from the optics perspective, and more importantly from the > cost perspective; the $500,000 grant would probably not even cover a year's > worth of salaries. > > There are some truly excellent ideas on how to manage email harassment > already in this thread, most particularly those that center on the > individual users selecting with whom they wish to correspond off-wiki. I > think these have a lot of potential to provide support to our volunteers. > Do keep in mind, though, that a disproportionate number of users who have > been on the receiving end of email harassment are those who are expected to > be available via email, and for whom much email would include confidential > or private information relating to their volunteer tasks: oversighters, > checkusers, Arbcom members, and in some cases administrators. It would be > inappropriate for them to use moderated email. > > Risker/Anne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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