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Why could we not contribute? At it's core this is about the needs of a very small but important group of users not being addressed. It only took me a few minut
by mtrimpe 12y ago
Why could we not contribute? At it's core this is about the needs of a very small but important group of users not being addressed.
It only took me a few minutes to think of various things we could do to aid them ranging from a UI more optimized for blocking and reporting; services to offer pre-filtering of comments.
The one concrete thing that Twitter could do (and should do in my opinion) is helping actual criminal charges to be filed for hate speech (inciting to violence.)
I'm still convinced that the only reason this persists is because the perpetrators believe, and so far they're right, that they will not be meaningfully punished for behaviour like this.
- pjc50 12y agoIt's not even a small group of users, there's a lot of abuse about and for women it often takes a very nasty tone. There is occasionally legal action taken about tweets, but it's so rare and inconsistently applied that it manages to be a threat to free speech but not to actual abuse.
- hythloday 12y ago"Why could we not contribute?...It only took me a few minutes to think of various things" That is why we can't contribute.