http://www.wired.com/2014/05/fighting-online-harassment
"In a 2013 Pew Research survey, 23 percent of people ages 18 to 29
reported being stalked or harassed online; advocacy groups report that
around 70 percent of the cases they deal with involve female victims,
and one study of online gaming found players with female voices received
three times as many negative responses as men."
Excellent article on handling online abuse by setting and policing
community standards. The fact is that many large social networks
(especially Facebook and Twitter) have chosen to permit abuse that
wouldn't normally be tolerated elsewhere, and that decision has allowed
this kind of behaviour to spread because people who have difficulty
understanding that their interlocutors are also people with feelings
have come to believe that it's acceptable.
Via Tracy Hurley.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
