So, I have pretty thick skin when it comes to online harassment, but something has been really bothering me.
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Replying to @gaywonk
(1/4) Thanks again for taking the time to share all of this information with us. We take allegations of harassment very seriously–we know this is important and impacts a lot of people.
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @gaywonk
(2/4) Our teams spent the last few days conducting an in-depth review of the videos flagged to us, and while we found language that was clearly hurtful, the videos as posted don’t violate our policies. We’ve included more info below to explain this decision:
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @gaywonk
Our team spent the last few days conducting an in-depth cost-benefits analysis of the videos flagged to us, and while we found clear violations of one interpretation of our policies, we found another way to possibly interpret our policies. We've blown more smokescreen below:
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Lol. Basically.
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Replying to @_tothewonder @the_ulf and
Making fun of people needs to be allowed on the internet as a general rule, the larger the platform, the more necessary it is: small, personal forum, that's closer to a personal friend group. Massive corporate site with billions of disparate users, the new public forum.
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This isn't making fun of someone. It's abusing them w homophobic slurs without intent to be humorous.
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And? Slurs need to be allowed on the internet, or you're just making people more disgruntled. That doesn't automatically make them decent people, but the greatness of freedom of speech is that you KNOW what their opinions are and that gives you the greatest freedom of association
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