Athena RajahBalaji
@alwaysathena
Athena RajahBalaji
In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it trie... See more
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Is Hopecore the Last Gasp of a Less-Toxic Internet?
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Emily Donovan
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Within online communities, this produces a strong pressure towards conformity with the values and mores of one’s peers. But even peer conformity is no safeguard, because anyone can see into it. The potential audience for anything posted on the internet is the entire internet. The only way to conform successfully on the internet is to be unutterably
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Beware that many people want to be offended; outrage gives them an intoxicating sense of moral superiority. So desperate are they to be mad that they’ll actively seek out provocations online, wilfully misinterpret your words, and even imagine you said things you didn't.”
—Gurwinder Bhogal
—Gurwinder Bhogal
No hate speech. Any post which is intentionally racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or discriminatory should be removed
Richard Millington • Build Your Community: Turn your connections into a powerful online community
Oppression may seem like a harsh word, but it encompasses the daily acts, often done without thinking, that stigmatize and ostracize others.
Jennifer A. Kurth • The Inclusion Toolbox: Strategies and Techniques for All Teachers
Racist ideas make people of color think less of themselves, which makes them more vulnerable to racist ideas. Racist ideas make White people think more of themselves, which further attracts them to racist ideas.