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As a person in a marginalised community (LGBT, so admittedly less marginalised than many in the West), I feel that UrbanDictionary provides an essential service
by johnday 6y ago
As a person in a marginalised community (LGBT, so admittedly less marginalised than many in the West), I feel that UrbanDictionary provides an essential service to marginalised people. It is impossible to find out precisely what someone is trying to say about you without turning to UD, or diving into considerably more upsetting parts of the internet.
Indeed, I think the ideal mode would be to introduce a 'protected' flag, similar to Wikipedia's, and for which particular care is taken when constructing and assessing definitions. This will allow UD to act as a reference for the topics where it is most relevant, and not yet another vector for abuse.