@gwen dragon has left the Vivaldi forum π
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@doctorg , one thing is that a software does not correspond to privacy requirements, using APIs that track user activity and quite another to physically attack the developer for this.
There is a very simple thing, if a soft does not correspond to the expectations of the user, he is free to look for an alternative and the end of the matter.
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Oh I'm sorry to learn that @Gwen-Dragon left the forum.
But I understand at the same time that I could never work as much and as long as she did, writing so much careful answers to all our good or bad bugs!
She was so involved in all her numerous posts. It is not possible to do this eternally.
From my locale habits, Gwen, is kind of man name. I didn't know she is a woman.
Thanks very much, Gwen for everything. And now good luck doing much more fun stuff!
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@Gwen-Dragon, if you ever read this, thank you so much for your service to the community and explaining your reasons in your blog post. I wish you the best moving forward!
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GwenDragon was doxxed by Epik and other nazis.
It is no fun to be on lists of alt-right haters and death threatners.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/anonymous-leaks-gigabytes-of-data-from-epik-web-host-of-gab-and-parler/
Check yourself at https://haveibeenpwned.com
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Because I believe that there is no better place (for this message) on these forums than this very thread:
Happy International Women's Day! -
@summerbreeze said in @gwen dragon has left the Vivaldi forum :
I always thought of her as the "good soul of the forum".
If you had a problem, a suggestion, an idea, you could discuss it well with her without perhaps feeling run over or even useless,which has certainly happened to me with other moderators....One simply had an extremely competent, well-connected, always friendly direct contact partner.
skipped this one somehow. felt bit sad again reading this(you know the one that engulfs you before you realise it.)
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@guigirl said in @gwen dragon has left the Vivaldi forum :
it's simply preposterous once Admin belatedly weighs in, that they weirdly assess the merits of the push-back in isolation from the instigating offender.
I now understand completely why many forums ban the discussion of moderation β on their forums. (I went back and read up to the point of this reply... I won't quibble with any posts in this thread: But some folks, I think, are confusing themselves β about the nature of an open forum... Dashed hopes don't deserve coddling or aloof patronization. I'd let the fellow what thinks 'e's Napoleon be an amusing companion β until he starts preparing for a winter campaign against Russia!) What I'm trying to say is, it's naive and inappropriate to expect perfection from the mods or the blanket freedom to "get down in the mud," so to speak...
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I now return reading from where I left off, at an honored and respected foeman from another era, @Pesala! -
@WildEnte said in @gwen dragon has left the Vivaldi forum :
If there is no Buddhist wisdom describing that, then let it be known that it's the same in the science of quantum mechanics.
I'd refer you to Hotei (εΈθ’), and would mention my favorite koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?!
Simply -as every young woman (and most young men:) used to know- a slap in the face, as if to say "You're not as amusing as you think... Let me dissuade you... "
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I fear I'm piling up posts at the end of this, the most thorough, informative, rational and respectful discussion of forum moderation I've seen...
If y'all will permit (understand or excuse) me: I'll return to reading. My prose is not intended for posterity -
@RuninGag Some more Buddhist Wisdom for your contemplation.
Better sharpen your wit than sharpen your spear
And some Genuine Buddhist Wisdom.
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@Ayespy said in @gwen dragon has left the Vivaldi forum :
whether people should be uncaring
(Ever hear Tom Leher's Folk Song Army?:)
Almost every transgression cited would be obviated by old-fashioned Good Manners, no?
The more intelligent sociopath can fake it β empathy, that is. It's those of limited capacities (is that nice enough?:) who scare me β for what they might do, to others! -
@Pesala Many thanks, friend β for the laugh and for the guidance. Please don't think me ungrateful when I argue for a divergent path...
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