I'm quite sure we agree on the goals. My point here is that we often alienate people who could be convinced, for unnecessary reasons.
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Of course that's a risk. I still think there's room for strong disagreement without aborting conversations completely
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a levled discussion is one thing. A Gamergate level of racist/misogynyst screaming with ears shut is often the reality
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I have zero tolerance for a typical gamer gate troll, clearly no discussion is useful there. Yet there are many more where it's different
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I block them. I don't invite them to anything. I uninvite them from anything I've mistakenly invited them to.
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you and me aren't the targets of such people. It's a satisfying but useless gesture to block them from talking to you.
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I thought you asked how I deal with them personally. In online and offline communities, I'm all for Codes of Conduct.
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For me, this is not about my view on CoCs. It's about how to treat e.g. people who think a CoC is a waste of time
Jan 13, 2017 路 2:26 PM UTC
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