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> How do you deal with "hateful" user-generated content Consistently. Whatever you policies, apply them as consistently as possible.
by cscurmudgeon 6y ago
> How do you deal with "hateful" user-generated content
Consistently. Whatever you policies, apply them as consistently as possible.
- danarmak 6y agoThen all political camps will be against you, as you violate each of their norms in turn. Once at least one major (political) group calls views held by tens of millions of people hate speech, there is no way to avoid being in someone's black book. This is why many companies are aligning with one party - they can't have both, and it's better than none.
- m0ck 6y ago>black book Careful with those metaphors!
- spiderfarmer 6y agoPeople shouldn’t care if trying to do the right thing makes you end up in someones black book. There will always be people who are on the wrong side of things. Just do what you think is best for our society.
- judge2020 6y agoBut "the right thing" differs from person to person. A 10 person company [say, running a local grocery store] comprised entirely of conservatives will think it's right to allow customers to decide if they want to wear a mask, while the same company comprised entirely of liberals will think that it's right to make customers wear masks and otherwise refuse servicing them. Who decides which company is doing the right thing? You?
- spiderfarmer 6y agoYes. And you're allowed to be wrong. To make mistakes. Own up to them if you do. But never stop trying to do what you thing is right because it's unpopular in certain circles. You'll be very unhappy if you do.
- cercatrova 6y agoThat is fine. Consistently being on no one's side is better than being on someone's side.
- danarmak 6y agoThen you'll have to withstand at least one party: twitter mobs, editorials, maybe employee protests or resignations. Both you personally, and your company. It's not surprising that many companies give in. They want to make a product and make money, not to make a political or moral stand.
- cercatrova 6y agoThat's also fine, Coinbase is doing that, and giving generous severence packages to leaving employees as well. There will always be detractors but most people won't really care.
- nullc 6y agoConveniently not mentioned in the article, though it saw fit to point out that "About 60 Coinbase employees, or 5 percent of the work force, have resigned,"
- sandworm101 6y agoThen the side you take will be determined by whatever content you move against first.
- dredmorbius 6y agoThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. -- Anatole France
- sandworm101 6y agoAnd when short of bread, both rich and poor alike are free to eat cake.
- disposekinetics 6y agoI’ve never gotten this quote. On the face of it it seems like a high priority that the law should not respect the station of a person. If a society has made something illegal it needs to apply from the least to the greatest, or the law is unjust.
- dredmorbius 6y agoEqually-applied law sustains inequity.
- thesuperbigfrog 6y agoInequity is a natural state. Should discrimination be applied to achieve "equity"? If so, how is that fair to those being discriminated against?
- dredmorbius 6y agoInequality sustained or increased by the law of man is entirely artificial. Discrimination has long been applied to achieve inequality. I'm willing to try the opposite as a countermeasure. https://www.newberry.org/newberry-and-restrictive-covenants https://www.newberry.org/newberry-and-restrictive-covenants
- disposekinetics 6y agoAny sort of bettering that is not globally experienced equally sustains inequity. To go to an absurd place the improvements I made to my garden this year sustain inequity since I now have and enjoy them and others do not, but they would if I had donated the same amount of time to a community garden. That alone should not be a compelling reason to act.
- octoberfranklin 6y ago"our policies are a living document" -- Twitter