Managing Anti-social Behaviour Online
I feel it is important that the team who facilitate comms and social media enable positive discourse, without enforcing a set of rules or censoring. Both Nest Tone of Voice and Social Media guidelines were drafted in 2017 and approved by the Core Team to encourage positivity and compassion in all our interactions, both from the Core Team and across the wider community.
As we are continuing to improve our governance and organisation, i think this is a good time to capture some thoughts and a way forward that the majority of the Community agree with and endorse. These guidelines should fit into our Code of Conduct (which has also been recently refreshed) and will underpin all platforms.
The ToV and Social Media guidelines are aligned to our 11 Principles and encourage respect, basic human decency, civility, consideration and compassion.
I would like to invite a discussion about what the Community would like to see in formalising a set of guidelines devised and sanctioned by the Community to address anti-social behaviour online, in particular language and behaviour relating to racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia and ableism, to look at not only whether this behaviour should be minimised; and if so how it should be minimised, addressing the impacts and consequences of such behaviour (for example, discouraging under privileged folks from attending and collaborating) and the wider consequences of complicity to such behaviour or opposition to such behaviour.
Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion and i'll add the documents i've referenced above this evening when i have access to my personal laptop.
Graeme McGregor Sun 12 May 2019 10:22AM
Genuinely, while Siren's response was forceful - I think perhaps too much so, though I understand her feelings of frustration - she is clearly saying that the "Celts had dreads too" line of response is a bullshit response based in white fragility. I don't necessarily agree with her, but she's not saying anything about the people who express that response; she's talking about the action, not the actor, IMO.
Siren Sun 12 May 2019 10:29AM
Thanks Graeme for nailing it as ever.
Tom Allen Sun 12 May 2019 11:21AM
so you don't think suggesting the group i am part of is fragile is offensive? i guess we have to agree to disagree on that one.
Siren Sun 12 May 2019 11:24AM
Oh sorry are you also called Sam?! Because that is who I was addressing.
Giggletits Sun 12 May 2019 11:35AM
You are focusing on one comment by one person. This should be a discussion about how things work in general and come to decisions as a community, but you're too butthurt by what one person said to move on and provide any real solutions.
Paul Mon 13 May 2019 3:44PM
Might be an idea if moderators wrote [MOD] and [/MOD] in between moderator comments so we can tell which is moderator Siren and which is social poster Siren (or whever the moderator may be)
Siren Wed 15 May 2019 12:40AM
Yeah I do. Whenever im stepping in as mod i start with ‘mod here’. it’s happened all of three times. ;)
Paul Wed 15 May 2019 10:26AM
Fair enough :)
I think the issue with the dreds is a good example. Poster Siren can say whatever Siren wants, obviously! Moderator Siren has to be a bit more objective, and that is not an easy job, I know.
IF I can give two further peices of advise:
1 - I think a sticky with the names of the moderators/admins at the top of the facebook group would help so people know who's who
2 - Don't delete anything - leave a message saying it's locked and unacceptable and why it's unacceptable. That way you have transparency, and new posters get a better idea of what NOT to post!
Also - thanks for all the work you do :) - I've moderated before myself and I know it's not easy!
Illegitimi non carborundum, as they used to say in Rome.
Siren Wed 15 May 2019 11:33AM
Thank you @paulbradshaw I really appreciate the support. And i'm not saying for one second i always get it right... one of the things i was trying to achieve by not having Formal 'Burning Nest' post Nest things was to decentralise comms and have them for and from the community, if that makes sense but yes invariably there will then be grey areas. (PS absolutely wasn't dissing dreads, was dissing conflation).
These are also great suggestions!!! Gosh, everyone is being so bloody lovely and constructive - this is the Nest i know and love.
PS Nice Handmaid's tale ref!! hahaha! :)
Siren · Sun 12 May 2019 9:40AM
But that comment isn't dissing dreads is it?? It's dissing white fragility and dissing the assertion that Celtic hait is similar to African hair (you'll notice there are a lot of people agreeing with it.)
And everyone is allowed an opinion apart from me is that what you're suggesting? Again you need to separate me as a person from me as a comms lead.
Your post was closed because it wasn't relevant to the actual event organisation. As I explained on the post and explained in the announcement to everyone else about all posts on Facebook for this week. Charlotte actually closed it not me so maybe you need to think about where your biases are.
This loomio conversion is for positive change, not to continue the same argument.