So think twice before you tweet your idiotic “bropenscience is a slur” ideas into the wild. You’re summoning trolls to attack people you disagree with. Is that really what you want? Could that really be a clear sign that actually there is a huge problem with #bropenscience?https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/1151791383168126976 …
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Replying to @hisotalus
We kinda need an autoblocker where nastiness can be logged and people can get updated filters of blockees. Bit like a collective spam blocker (or truecaller). Would be fun to make! Bet exists.
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Replying to @AndyTWoods
Kind of - people do have all kinds of blocklists they share on here but I think the caveats on them outweigh the benefits. But I would say that. I have been put on a list that claims I am a TERF - I am absolutely a trans* ally. I ended on that list I think because I got bigoted
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Replying to @hisotalus @AndyTWoods
abuse from a trans* person for being Finnish in a Brexit-related discussion. I told them off for it and suddenly I am online listed as a TERF and a transphobe. This is so problematic.
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Replying to @hisotalus @AndyTWoods
Shared block lists are not a good idea unless one can see who adds whom and for what behaviour. That's not the case in any I've seen.
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus
Trickiness is that the blocked may want to get revenge on the blockees :S Perhaps could use statistics to identify real villains. Maybe an appeal process. Would lead to 'bubbles' / Homogeneity :S Would only consider making this if lots of people keen + collaborators :)
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Replying to @AndyTWoods @hisotalus
Typically the reason one blocks if one is from a vulnerable group is because they are already being harmed...
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus
Totally agree. I like the idea of somehow auto-protecting such people from nastiness. Just mega tricky -- wise to chat with people as likely I'm missing facts.
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Replying to @AndyTWoods @o_guest
It’s also tricky because some of these lists have like 30k+ people on them, one person maintains them and they concatenation (fancy word) several block lists without checking who is on them. And that’s how I’ve ended on several TERF lists.Some of which are maintained by academics
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Yup, of course. When one person manages a list they can include both mistakes (slips) and personal vendettas.
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