I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA

Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by georgemcbay on Monday February 11, 2013 @04:36PM (#5203446)

I'm not suggesting they are all charming, some of them are pretty terrible, but that's the price you pay for having relatively free speech. While moderating the questions would eliminate posts like the one you linked, it would also eliminate ones which aren't terrible but are certainly "off the script" of what would be asked if everything were cleanly moderated.

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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by kmfrk on Monday February 11, 2013 @04:37PM (#5203457)

I don't see anything to support that.

And if it's a trade-off where more "impulsive" comments are deleted, then I prefer that to subjecting female respondents to constant come-ons from pubescent, sad human beings.

I think it's clear what Emmy Rossum prefers.

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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by fyi80 on Monday February 11, 2013 @06:10PM (#5204022)

It seems that Emmy Rossum prefered Reddit's version, not the version you prefer.

Emmy Rossum went to reddit for an AMA, and used the site's commenting functionality to ask people not to be rude. She did not cancel her AMA, ask to have the rude comments deleted, etc.

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Re:I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Fo... by kmfrk on Monday February 11, 2013 @07:02PM (#5204302)

Awesome victim-blaming right there. Good grief.

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