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I don't find this very great to be honest. Consider the case of a confused kid looking things up in school or something similar, someone spots the rainbow walk

by octo_t 13y ago

I don't find this very great to be honest. Consider the case of a confused kid looking things up in school or something similar, someone spots the rainbow walking behind him, since its very different from the normal Google and gets outed.

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cleverjake 13y ago
Because searching for current events means someone is a homosexual? I really don't understand how this could possibly risk outing someone.
tankbot 13y ago
Outed as being confused? How is this a problem again? What if a straight kid googled 'gay marriage' just to see what the link on HN was all about and someone saw it? For shame! The horror!! What if a velociraptor that's allergic to rainbows happened to walk by at that moment and flew into a rage consuming the entire public library with its violence? What if a bully saw someone looking at a rainbow on the screen and said something stupid and was met with an overwhelming negative response by a large portion of his peers causing him to reconsider previous life decisions? This game is fun!
herbig 13y ago
The same thing happened to me when I was looking up Starcraft tactics and was outed as a nerd gamer. Worst day of my life. Kind of ridiculous.
DanBC 13y ago
My kneejerk opinion is roughly similar. "That's great! Wait, what happens if I'm in a country where being gay is illegal? Do I really want some searches to be highlighted so visibly?" But I still think it's great they've done it.
- alxndr 13y ago
  See @charonn0's response.
charonn0 13y ago
As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen, I'm confident that currently-closeted youngsters will consciously avoid performing such a search in a public place. That's what being closeted is: it's more than just not telling people you're gay/bi/etc. It's about actively managing and monitoring others' perception of you, and the mortal dread of being found out.
- octo_t 13y ago
  Speaking as a formerly closeted person, this is an exact thing I did in school because I didn't want my parents to find out, since they are deeply Christian.
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- charonn0 13y ago
  As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen Should have been "former". I haven't been a teen for quite a while now.
- dag11 13y ago
  I can back this up. Being in the closet is by no means passive.
drivebyacct2 13y ago
Yikes. I don't think you're saying kids should be ridiculed for investigating LGBT topics at school, or that they should be ridiculed for being perceived as an LGBT person, but that this may be more likely to happen since this draws visual attention to the fact that you're actively searching for a "gay"-related topic. There are times when I would browse /r/lgbt (please go to /r/ainbow instead) and had to make sure I was logged into to avoid the custom stylesheet because it would warrant far too much attention for anyone walking behind me while using my laptop. Either way, not sure if you got lumped in with the pseudo-bigots in this thread but I tried to help you out.
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cleverjake 13y ago

Because searching for current events means someone is a homosexual? I really don't understand how this could possibly risk outing someone.

tankbot 13y ago

Outed as being confused? How is this a problem again? What if a straight kid googled 'gay marriage' just to see what the link on HN was all about and someone saw it? For shame! The horror!! What if a velociraptor that's allergic to rainbows happened to walk by at that moment and flew into a rage consuming the entire public library with its violence? What if a bully saw someone looking at a rainbow on the screen and said something stupid and was met with an overwhelming negative response by a large portion of his peers causing him to reconsider previous life decisions? This game is fun!

herbig 13y ago

The same thing happened to me when I was looking up Starcraft tactics and was outed as a nerd gamer. Worst day of my life. Kind of ridiculous.

DanBC 13y ago

My kneejerk opinion is roughly similar. "That's great! Wait, what happens if I'm in a country where being gay is illegal? Do I really want some searches to be highlighted so visibly?" But I still think it's great they've done it.

alxndr 13y ago
See @charonn0's response.

charonn0 13y ago

As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen, I'm confident that currently-closeted youngsters will consciously avoid performing such a search in a public place. That's what being closeted is: it's more than just not telling people you're gay/bi/etc. It's about actively managing and monitoring others' perception of you, and the mortal dread of being found out.

octo_t 13y ago
Speaking as a formerly closeted person, this is an exact thing I did in school because I didn't want my parents to find out, since they are deeply Christian.
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charonn0 13y ago
As a formerly deeply-closeted gay teen Should have been "former". I haven't been a teen for quite a while now.
dag11 13y ago
I can back this up. Being in the closet is by no means passive.

drivebyacct2 13y ago

Yikes. I don't think you're saying kids should be ridiculed for investigating LGBT topics at school, or that they should be ridiculed for being perceived as an LGBT person, but that this may be more likely to happen since this draws visual attention to the fact that you're actively searching for a "gay"-related topic. There are times when I would browse /r/lgbt (please go to /r/ainbow instead) and had to make sure I was logged into to avoid the custom stylesheet because it would warrant far too much attention for anyone walking behind me while using my laptop. Either way, not sure if you got lumped in with the pseudo-bigots in this thread but I tried to help you out.

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