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At Last, Twitter Is (Maybe) Taking Sexist Abuse Seriously
In the wake of Gamergate, Twitter is partnering with a nonprofit organization to handle gendered abuse. But is that enough?
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This is the easiest and most laziest way to "go with the flow". Doing nothing effectively lets the network grow without the risk of betting on the wrong horse. Twitter protects their interests when it comes to abuse of their safe guards, but when it comes to taking on harassment and abuse, they couldn't care less, it doesn't effect them.
lol. Ofc this article was written by someone who works at Jezebel. Explains why the harassment of men was dismissed so quickly.
Impressive detective work. Does acting against sexist harassment against women increase harassment of men? It doesn't, so what's your problem.
I don't see him having a problem. But he is correctly identifying the ultimate source of the article and letting the user discern the particular slant a little quicker than they may have on their own.
Both men and women have issues. Traditionally, men have not made the effort of broadcasting them quite as well as women.
You know it's possible to care about group X without dismissing the problems of group Z, right? The two sides here are not men and women, they are harassers and people who don't like harassment.
Do you also go around telling UNICEF that: "Both children and adults have issues. Traditionally, adults have not made the effort of broadcasting them quite as well as children."
I have a problem with the articles phrasing. Both men and women suffer from harassment online, but this article wants to make it seem like one genders harassment is worse than anothers. Harassment is harassment.