Mike Reeves-McMillan

I found this thought-provoking.

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I found this thought-provoking. Particularly since I’d just read a post on how YouTube is a hostile environment for women with STEM shows, and blocked a commenter who was demonstrating why. In retrospect, maybe I should have reported him as well.

Originally shared by Michael “Draco” R

This brings us to the only thing I know for sure in all this: often, the online abusers win because the game is set up for them to win the moment they decide to play.

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But ultimately, if we care about abuse, we cannot care most about whether we have comforted, converted, or even fed them.

We have to care more about the people they hurt.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17561768/dont-feed-the-trolls-online-harassment-abuse

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3 responses to “I found this thought-provoking.”

  1. Donna Buckles Avatar
    Donna Buckles

    I think you perhaps should have. Not because the platform is likely to do anything immediate but for the longer game of creating an understanding that there are a lot of us out here who aren’t OK with it.

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  2. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    It was a bit of a line call as to whether it was actually hate speech or just idiocy. From now on, I’ll lower my tolerance level.

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  3. Donna Buckles Avatar
    Donna Buckles

    It would be good if there were some mid range options before blocking and reporting. It’s very binary. I suppose warning would be an option but I don’t know.

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