Re:Reddit is still in turmoil
by cLeEOGPw on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:06AM
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> the most tolerant communities attract people who are difficult to tolerate
This is very insightful line. And it applies not just to internet communities, but any real life communities as well.
> I suspect Twitter is having similar issues dealing with harassment, after letting it happen for so long.
> Don't just tack them on after several years, and don't enforce them inconsistently and arbitrarily as Reddit has done.
Twitter is well on the same path. The inconsistency is what makes many furious. When you ban harassment from one political end, but allow from other, it doesn't paint the company as fighting harassment. It paints a company as fighting one political end.
This is very insightful line. And it applies not just to internet communities, but any real life communities as well.
> I suspect Twitter is having similar issues dealing with harassment, after letting it happen for so long.
> Don't just tack them on after several years, and don't enforce them inconsistently and arbitrarily as Reddit has done.
Twitter is well on the same path. The inconsistency is what makes many furious. When you ban harassment from one political end, but allow from other, it doesn't paint the company as fighting harassment. It paints a company as fighting one political end.