Tag Archive | cyberbullying

Cyberbullies 101: Part 2 – The Art & Science of Moderation – Free Speech vs Free Audience
I had a long post in the works about comment moderation, but RealLife™ intervened and I hadn’t been able to complete it.
Luckily Bora Zivkovic at Blog Around The Clock has a long and detailed post full of relevant links which includes pretty much every point I wanted to make. I’m providing a summary of his headings with some meaty quotes below, but please make sure to click through and read his post in full in order to see all the points he makes and the many link citations he provides.

Cyberbullies 101: Part 1 – muffling their megaphones
The Internet may provide the virtual megaphones for the cyberbullies, but it also provides anybody who wants them with megaphone-mufflers: there are virtual equivalents of answering machines, mail-sorters, personal assistants, roving security guards, butlers, valets, maids, bottlewashers and most importantly, garbage trucks.
Feminism Friday: Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny
Late, I know, and not much from me: I’m just pointing you at these three posts below from Melissa McEwan at Shakesville. Trauma-Trigger Alert: Melissa describes her own rape in harrowing detail in order to point out how rape is not funny, and although the discussion threads start out thoughtful and interesting, they end up […]