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so the moral of the story, according to raganwald, is that Adria Richards worst mistake is that she trolled somebody candidly instead of anonymously? indeed Re
by metaphorm 14y ago
so the moral of the story, according to raganwald, is that Adria Richards worst mistake is that she trolled somebody candidly instead of anonymously?
indeed Reggie, what can be done about anonymous trolling on the internet? this is an honest question to which nobody knows the answer.
do we all need to admit that we are powerless to stop anonymous dickheads from making death threats on the internet? I admit it. We all would admit it. We are powerless. We don't like to see that. But the world is ugly. Adria Richards did something ugly and got something much much uglier in response. She didn't deserve the death threats, but she did deserve the firing.
- raganwald 14y agoI don't think we're powerless, and the first step to you not thinking we're powerless is to stop and ask yourself, what would it take for things like this to be reduced to a few weird cranks and outliers instead of a flood? I would be very surprised indeed if your response is, "There is nothing we can do to change human behaviour around this."
- mattvanhorn 14y agoPersonally, I'd like to see some of the smart folks in the community assist the police in identifying the source of the threats and helping to ensure that those miscreants get jail time.
- IsaacSchlueter 14y agoA good first step is to actively reduce the level of misogyny and other ugliness in your circles to the degree possible. This sort of crap goes on in part because it has tacit support from "normal" folks. We rush to punishment of Adria, but we shrug and say "oh well" about the others, or the initial incident that started it all.