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I wonder if the implementation of these tools will be similar to something already happening on Reddit, where users that comment/post on hate subreddits are aut

by firloop 11y ago

I wonder if the implementation of these tools will be similar to something already happening on Reddit, where users that comment/post on hate subreddits are automatically banned from many other places on the site.

Cyberdog 11y ago
It sounds more like the "Good Game Auto Blocker," [1] by that wonderful human being Randi "freebsdgirl" Harper [2]. It will block people on your Twitter account who are on a list of accounts believed to be associated with the #GamerGate movement, though it's known to have been overzealous at times, including an account operated by KFC in its lists [3] to much amusement. (This list seems to be generated by checking an account's followers to see if it follows the accounts of too many "leaders" or known pro-GG partisans.) In theory, there's nothing wrong with lists like these if they're just used for their intended purpose, but there's some fear that they might be used as industry hiring blacklists, as some have already proposed [4]. In short, if you're going to "troll" on Twitter (which includes sharing opinions others might not like) and end up on one of these lists, it might be best to do so strictly pseudonymously. 1: https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker 2: http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/29/harping-on-the-hypocrisy-and-lies-of-twitters-most-notorious-anti-abuse-activist-randi-harper-part-1/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/29/harping-o... and http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/07/02/the-fact-and-fiction-of-randi-harper/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/07/02/the-fact-a... - NSFW language, and the author clearly has an ideological bias, but damn. 3: http://gamesnosh.com/igda-kfc/ http://gamesnosh.com/igda-kfc/ 4: http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/11/blizzard-engineer-poses-blacklist-gamergate-backpedals/ http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/11/blizzard-engineer-pose...
- x0ra 11y ago
  so this is where things have end up, "ugly troll" vs "wonderful human being" ?
- anon4 11y ago
  Those hit a bit too close to some of the plot points of the White Christmas episode of the Black Mirror series.
- VLM 11y ago
  Its an interesting linguistic drift how "trolling" has changed over the decades to now mean a troll is someone who observes people expressing non-dominant political opinions.
- nailer 11y ago
  It's interesting it contains a list of people in sourcelist.txt and code like this: # get a list of idiots open B, '<', $sourcelist_file or die "Can't open $sourcelist_file: $!\n"; foreach ( <B> ) { chomp; push @idiots, $_; } close B; I'd imagine calling people idiots via source code is against the GitHub TOS.
  - adventured 11y ago
    > I'd imagine calling people idiots via source code is against the GitHub TOS. Not specifically. They have two clauses however that open it to a strictly subjective determination. First, they reserve the right to cancel any account, at any time, for any reason. Second, they have sections regarding offensive content (G.7/8), that gives them the right to remove such at their discretion.
- 5F36B5F62640 11y ago
  The mistake Harper, Richards, Kane and many others make is failing to distinguish being disliked because of their gender, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other minority status and being disliked because they are assholes.

by firloop 11y ago

Cyberdog 11y ago

It sounds more like the "Good Game Auto Blocker," [1] by that wonderful human being Randi "freebsdgirl" Harper [2]. It will block people on your Twitter account who are on a list of accounts believed to be associated with the #GamerGate movement, though it's known to have been overzealous at times, including an account operated by KFC in its lists [3] to much amusement. (This list seems to be generated by checking an account's followers to see if it follows the accounts of too many "leaders" or known pro-GG partisans.) In theory, there's nothing wrong with lists like these if they're just used for their intended purpose, but there's some fear that they might be used as industry hiring blacklists, as some have already proposed [4]. In short, if you're going to "troll" on Twitter (which includes sharing opinions others might not like) and end up on one of these lists, it might be best to do so strictly pseudonymously. 1: https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker 2: http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/29/harping-on-the-hypocrisy-and-lies-of-twitters-most-notorious-anti-abuse-activist-randi-harper-part-1/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/29/harping-o... and http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/07/02/the-fact-and-fiction-of-randi-harper/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/07/02/the-fact-a... - NSFW language, and the author clearly has an ideological bias, but damn. 3: http://gamesnosh.com/igda-kfc/ http://gamesnosh.com/igda-kfc/ 4: http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/11/blizzard-engineer-poses-blacklist-gamergate-backpedals/ http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/11/blizzard-engineer-pose...

x0ra 11y ago
so this is where things have end up, "ugly troll" vs "wonderful human being" ?
anon4 11y ago
Those hit a bit too close to some of the plot points of the White Christmas episode of the Black Mirror series.
VLM 11y ago
Its an interesting linguistic drift how "trolling" has changed over the decades to now mean a troll is someone who observes people expressing non-dominant political opinions.
nailer 11y ago
It's interesting it contains a list of people in sourcelist.txt and code like this: # get a list of idiots open B, '<', $sourcelist_file or die "Can't open $sourcelist_file: $!\n"; foreach ( <B> ) { chomp; push @idiots, $_; } close B; I'd imagine calling people idiots via source code is against the GitHub TOS.
- adventured 11y ago
  > I'd imagine calling people idiots via source code is against the GitHub TOS. Not specifically. They have two clauses however that open it to a strictly subjective determination. First, they reserve the right to cancel any account, at any time, for any reason. Second, they have sections regarding offensive content (G.7/8), that gives them the right to remove such at their discretion.
5F36B5F62640 11y ago
The mistake Harper, Richards, Kane and many others make is failing to distinguish being disliked because of their gender, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other minority status and being disliked because they are assholes.