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"There are no statistics in this article, just some anecdotes selected to push a particular narrative." Please don't reduce people to data like this. Plese don
by titzer 7y ago
"There are no statistics in this article, just some anecdotes selected to push a particular narrative."
Please don't reduce people to data like this. Plese don't automatically assume bad faith on the part of the authors of the article. Consider there are actual people involved here, reporting their experiences. Don't make it into some kind of social-justice battleground or science experiment, just consider their perspective without instant judgment.
- iamnotacrook 7y agoYou could say exactly the same about anti-vaxxer nonsense. The lack of statistics makes it something where you can only wring your hands and say "oh, how awful" and not "yes, but..." and consider meaningful alternatives.
- titzer 7y agoThere is a stark difference in the anti-vaxxers are directly advocating for dangerous policy changes. I don't see anything of the sort here.
- chii 7y agoThe problem is that to someone on the fence about vaccination, they take legitimacy from articles that appeal to emotions and don't back up facts with data. Anti-vaxxers write the same way.
- Apocryphon 7y agoThis article cites clear examples of psychological harm and trauma being inflicted upon Facebook moderators. That itself is sufficient data.
- malandrew 7y agoThere was no assumption of bad faith, just pointing out a lack of logic and supporting evidence, and that we should take things with a grain of salt. Appeals to emotion and innumeracy are serious problems in society right now and it's totally reasonable to identify when people pushing an argument are either appealing to emotion or being innumerate, so that others can plainly see that an argument lacks more substance than it appears to have.
- titzer 7y ago" just pointing out a lack of logic and supporting evidence, and that we should take things with a grain of salt." Given that I didn't see any specific plan of action or policy advocated in this article, I just don't see the need to jump out an immediately attack and discount it. People are so used to arguing in black and white, we suddenly have to start fighting over an article that reports on people's experiences doing a job that we all would agree, really, really sucks. Appeal to emotion, maybe. But krimeney, have some empathy.