â... Itâs encouraging communities to grow healthy patterns and healthy ways and encouraging resilience among more marginalized members of communities who are marginalized for discriminatory type reasons, not because they should be marginalized because theyâre terrible.â âEmily Temple-Wood
Emily Temple-Wood joined Wikipedia at 12, and became an administrator at 13. In 2016, she was honored by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales as Wikipedian of the Year. For nearly her entire time on the s...
From 2017: âI think a more productive way of approaching the [online abuse] conversation, at least right now, is not say, âHow can we engineer our way out of this? How can we create technology to get us out of this?â ...
![âI think a more productive way of approaching the [online abuse] conversation, at least right now, is not say, âHow can we engineer our way out of this? How can we create technology to get us out of this?â Itâs encouraging communities to grow healthy patterns and healthy ways and encouraging resilience among more marginalized members of communities who are marginalized for discriminatory type reasons, not because they should be marginalized because theyâre terrible.â âEmily Temple-Wood, Co-Founder, WikiProject Women Scientists; 2016 Wikipedian of the Year](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:qqwoski3y6lg4mmf267uk7av/bafkreialrt4gy434xta6aynoqtw732tic4l36n3ghhucr4i267jnybchwq@jpeg)
â... Even when people are trying, itâs really easy when youâre dealing with discussions of isms, in general, for someone to have a fairly defensive reaction to being told that theyâre doing something, even if their intent is reasonably good, even if they arenât a real jerk.â -Josh Millard
Usually, at 18-year-old online community MetaFilter, a U.S. presidential election year means a big increase in heated political discussion. But once a victor is declared, and the transfer of power occ...
â... You have to teach people to question things that they had taken for granted previously and that includes things like, who is impacted when youâre just joking? Who actually takes the brunt of your disinclination to re-examine the stuff that you learned in middle school? ...
From 2017: âAs much as weâve been getting steadily better on [casual sexism and misogyny at MetaFilter], in general, it has remained an incremental process because you have to get people on board. You have to set that expectation, you have to do education. ...
![âAs much as weâve been getting steadily better on [casual sexism and misogyny at MetaFilter], in general, it has remained an incremental process because you have to get people on board. You have to set that expectation, you have to do education. You have to teach people to question things that they had taken for granted previously and that includes things like, who is impacted when youâre just joking? Who actually takes the brunt of your disinclination to re-examine the stuff that you learned in middle school? ... Even when people are trying, itâs really easy when youâre dealing with discussions of isms, in general, for someone to have a fairly defensive reaction to being told that theyâre doing something, even if their intent is reasonably good, even if they arenât a real jerk.â -Josh Millard, Ex-General Manager, MetaFilter](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:qqwoski3y6lg4mmf267uk7av/bafkreia6bqjqbxe5ix7pqsirzqwjilolhdmn66vec2kmqiqxex7muivyvu@jpeg)
â... I donât want to back away from law enforcement as a means of solving problems because, at times, you use it, but it seems to me there are myriad of other ways to solve problems.â -George Kelling (1935-2019) âśď¸ www.communitysignal.com/the-broken-w...
"If a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken." So says the broken windows theory, introduced by George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson in...
â... When we enshrine arrest as a sign of an officerâs productivity, rather than âDid the officers solve problems?,â that means we havenât found effective methods yet to [quantify] department-wide measures of solving problems against just law enforcement. ...
âThe ultimate measure [of successful policing] is lack of crime and support of the community. Those are the ultimate measures. Measuring those is very, very hard; very, very difficult. ...
![âThe ultimate measure [of successful policing] is lack of crime and support of the community. Those are the ultimate measures. Measuring those is very, very hard; very, very difficult. When we enshrine arrest as a sign of an officerâs productivity, rather than âDid the officers solve problems?,â that means we havenât found effective methods yet to [quantify] department-wide measures of solving problems against just law enforcement. I donât want to back away from law enforcement as a means of solving problems because, at times, you use it, but it seems to me there are myriad of other ways to solve problems.â -George Kelling (1935-2019), Co-Creator, Broken Windows Theory; Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:qqwoski3y6lg4mmf267uk7av/bafkreiauwndvixhv3mxvk26ndcc2d3ggvqd6mrsa66bz4dkrs3fyq5eji4@jpeg)
â... As opposed to some forums that had the attitude of no chit chat, just keep it right on topic. You couldnât deviate.â -Bob Hubbard âśď¸ www.communitysignal.com/why-you-shou...
In May of 2001, I launched a martial arts community with a focus on respectful discussion and a generally family friendly atmosphere. The very next month, Bob Hubbard did the exact same thing. From an...
âI always tried to put MartialTalk on the mindset of youâve just had a really good seminar, now youâre in the lobby of the school. Youâre putting your gear away, and youâre shooting the breeze with everybody about what went on and what youâre going to do next. ...
