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Remove offensive from the rule, too subjective #2

Closed campbecf closed 7 years ago

campbecf commented 7 years ago

As worded you could be reported to a moderator for offending someone and the language in here describes anything as being offensive as being unacceptable. Being offended is so subjective in a diverse community that this could be hard to correctly interpret. The other clauses in this statement are much more specific.

geofflane commented 7 years ago

Subjectivity is not a flaw. Yes, different people will be offended by different things. The goal is to create an inclusive community and this give people a mechanism to raise those concerns to the moderators. The moderators will talk to the parties involved. It opens dialogue and maybe we'll learn something new.

campbecf commented 7 years ago

Being subjective without an established precedent or context can be a flaw when it comes to guidelines or rules we expect people to abide by. It can be impossible to know what would offend someone. Being offended is not always a bad thing.

If you tell me it was a horrible idea to write my own encryption, I might be offended but I should be.

By leaving the interpretation of offense up to the individual moderators we will have uneven enforcement of what is and is not offensive.

If we are going to keep this part I would advocate we create both positive and negative examples of statements that are/are not offensive to provide clarity and context.

campbecf commented 7 years ago

I would prefer to use #9 instead of making these changes.

campbecf commented 7 years ago

Closing this in favor of using the Geek Feminism Code of Conduct based on our discussions on Slack.