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If the internet has taught me anything, it will be full of Swastikas and penises the moment you get above a certain critical mass of users.

hobo_mark 8y ago
It is not an anonymous website, it is a physical space. The same rules about vandalism that apply in, say, a library, would apply there. Bret already answered similar concerns: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/959852576274444288 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/959852576274444288 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/1036409565389185024 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/1036409565389185024
- deleted 8y ago
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ignoramous 8y ago
Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
- paleogizmo 8y ago
  I think GP was referring to petty vandalism rather than hyperbolic debate, i.e. the tendency of unwatched drying concrete to attract drawings of cartoon penises and bendy swastikas. There really should be a name for the phenomenon if there isn't already.
  - analognoise 8y ago
    I should have been clearer.
  - bch 8y ago
    > There really should be a name for the phenomenon I’d say it’s a sort of affordance[0], but I’m sure Don Norman[1] suggested material properties can be described as the “psychology of materials” in his book[2]. He describes how British Rail kept building tougher and tougher glass that was still always being broken, but when it was replaced with plywood the vandalism stopped, even though the wood would be easy to break. Certain materials (and designs) beg to be used (and abused) in certain ways. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Norman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Norman [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Thing...

hobo_mark 8y ago

It is not an anonymous website, it is a physical space. The same rules about vandalism that apply in, say, a library, would apply there. Bret already answered similar concerns: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/959852576274444288 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/959852576274444288 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/1036409565389185024 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/1036409565389185024

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ignoramous 8y ago

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

paleogizmo 8y ago
I think GP was referring to petty vandalism rather than hyperbolic debate, i.e. the tendency of unwatched drying concrete to attract drawings of cartoon penises and bendy swastikas. There really should be a name for the phenomenon if there isn't already.
- analognoise 8y ago
  I should have been clearer.
- bch 8y ago
  > There really should be a name for the phenomenon I’d say it’s a sort of affordance[0], but I’m sure Don Norman[1] suggested material properties can be described as the “psychology of materials” in his book[2]. He describes how British Rail kept building tougher and tougher glass that was still always being broken, but when it was replaced with plywood the vandalism stopped, even though the wood would be easy to break. Certain materials (and designs) beg to be used (and abused) in certain ways. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Norman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Norman [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Thing...