Timeline for How can we resolve the current drama without causing any more harm to vulnerable groups?
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| Oct 17, 2019 at 1:47 | comment | added | Scott Hannen | @ColleenV - I don't understand why the thought of you 'running unsanctioned completely unscientific experiments on people on Twitter when you're bored' makes me so happy, but it does. I can't see it, but knowing it's out there is enough. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 21:38 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | @rjzii there are "trolls", but also a metric ton of people being intolerant, bigoted, aggressive, provocative, immature, etc. from all sides of the political spectrum (and no one moderating them) | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 20:00 | comment | added | ColleenV | I don't know if that's "real" though (even though it is undeniably hurtful). When I'm interacting with someone saying inflammatory things on Twitter, if I de-escalate I can get them to talk like a normal person and if I purposefully push them harder I can make them say even worse things. (Yes, I run unsanctioned completely unscientific experiments on people on Twitter when I'm bored. I am unrepentant.) About 65% of the "real people" accounts I experiment on don't seem to actually hold extreme views - the environment pushes them to exaggerate their views. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:40 | comment | added | Sklivvz Mod | More worringly, I've seen much increased intolerance and bigotry on all sides of the issue. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:33 | comment | added | ColleenV | @rjzii Here's the study for anyone who is interested: Anyone Can Become a Troll:Causes of Trolling Behavior in Online Discussions | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:29 | comment | added | ColleenV | I wonder if we're overlooking the impact of the users who have said they're suspending activity. There was a Stanford study that found simply reading someone else trolling can cause people to be more likely to be inflammatory in the comments they make. I've seen it when moderation my own site - if the mod team can get to the comments before they've been up to long, the entire day gets easier. I wonder if much of this heated conversation is feeding on itself. I know that I have had to not push the submit button on a lot of stuff I've typed lately. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 18:15 | comment | added | Zoe - Save the data dump | Yep. Would've been a lot better to address some of the other problems before adding more work by releasing the CoC, for all of us. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 18:12 | comment | added | anon | sadly I think you're right | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 18:11 | history | answered | SklivvzMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |