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I'm curious what mechanisms will be in place, and how effective they will be, at preventing dogpiling on people using this system. As a specific example, as a
by Pfhreak 6y ago
I'm curious what mechanisms will be in place, and how effective they will be, at preventing dogpiling on people using this system.
As a specific example, as a nonbinary person, I'm constantly running into people online who tell me there are only two genders, or that singular they is some sort of new concept. My concern with a consensus system is that it will be used to shut down people like me (or trans folk, or socialists, etc. etc. etc.)
How do you build a consensus system that protects minority persons and also weeds out misinformation?
Edit: Downvotes for... being non-binary I guess?
- cwkoss 6y agoThat's a great example of how this could go wrong. I hope the folks at Twitter are keeping examples like yours in mind as they develop this.
- collyw 6y agoI have never come across a gendered language with more than two genders. If you are referring to "gender identity", it would be a good idea to use that phrase rather than the ambiguity of "gender" which now means different things to different people.
- Pfhreak 6y agoGender identity is a different concept. It's an internal conception of what gender you are. Compare that to, for instance, gender presentation, which is an outward facing set of traits that correspond to which gender you are showing others. Gender, in the context of language referring to a person, has a fairly settled meaning.
- collyw 6y agoAs someone classed as middle aged, gender is a synonym for sex to me, as it had been for decades. If you want to introduce new concepts, it would be easier for everyone if you used new words instead of trying to take over existing words. https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/77468 https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/77468