Timeline for An apology to our community, and next steps
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jan 22, 2020 at 12:21 | comment | added | HQSantos | it's a shame that you got banned | |
| Dec 11, 2019 at 20:57 | history | bounty ended | Blue | ||
| Nov 10, 2019 at 11:20 | history | bounty ended | Mari-Lou A Слава Україні | ||
| Oct 11, 2019 at 0:40 | comment | added | Calum Gilhooley | Thanks, @thebjorn. I'm at least one of those letters ("LGBTIQAP+" is new to me, but my sexuality and gender are all over the place, so I must be in there somewhere!), and I'm horrified by what happened to Monica. So are other ... um, gender-nonconforming? ... users who have commented. You're not alone. By abandoning anything resembling the legal notion of mens rea - which, although admittedly difficult to apply, is firmly based on common sense and natural justice - this Code of Conduct inevitably becomes unjust and arbitrary, and succeeds only in fuelling the bigotry it pretends to oppose. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 21:39 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | @NateBarbettini: Just to be clear, I think Monica also supported the intent behind the new CoC: to make sure nobody is misgendered by using the wrong pronouns for them. But Monica as a writer objects to singular "they", and wanted to honour intent the CoC by never using any singular pronouns, including "she" or "he", when moderating. The debate that got her fired was apparently over sentences that could have been phrased to use a pronoun: the new CoC apparently implies they must. See her comment | |
| Oct 8, 2019 at 7:04 | comment | added | thebjorn | I am one of those letters and I find what happened to Monica outrageous. It has been like watching a train derail in slow motion and made me not want to participate on the site. I doubt I am the only "regular" user who feels that way. This is a start, maybe even a good start, but there ought to be real consequences and real change. Monica ought to get her diamond back as a matter of course before any process starts. | |
| Oct 8, 2019 at 0:14 | comment | added | Jane S | Thank you :) I'm the most apolitical person you'll find, but wrong is wrong. While many have perceived my actions as only being because Monica is a moderator, my stance would be exactly the same irrespective of who they are. My actions are for my community and its members, not in spite of them. I never want to see this happen to anyone again, and SE must accept that they need to address this properly and do better in future. Don't let there be a next time. | |
| Oct 7, 2019 at 18:10 | comment | added | James | Nicely written Jane. I don't personally participate in the workplace but interpersonal conflict ends up being a large part of my day job (project manager/scrum master) and watching all this unfold has blown my mind...none of the basics of dealing with problems like this were done. | |
| Oct 7, 2019 at 15:22 | comment | added | Nate Barbettini | I wish I could upvote this multiple times, but a +1 is all I have. This is extremely well-written, thank you. Using the pronoun that someone asks you to use seems like common decency to me. It's the least I can do and I will happily agree with any Code of Conduct that requires it. Firing someone because they violated the "intent" of a yet-unpublished CoC is another matter that has nothing to do with pronouns or grammar. | |
| Oct 7, 2019 at 6:16 | comment | added | rene Mod | She was held up as the bad guy ... that sentence +1 | |
| Oct 7, 2019 at 1:50 | history | answered | Jane S | CC BY-SA 4.0 |