Remember how that worked out with deleting pages on programming languages from wikipedia ?
EDIT: My point was to say that the same might happen to dang, we all know his identity, his email address. So, "careful with the axe Eugene". Over enthusiastic deletion, whether be it in good faith or otherwise (frankly, faith is irrelevant as far as content moderation is concerned), is often not a solution. As you probably know from your own experience, it often exacerbates the problem, Streisand effect and all that. I was surprised that you suggested the exact same style of intervention knowing how it turned out for yourself. See, someone downvoted this comment within minutes and its greyed out. This works a lot better. BTW "were terrible.... and likely unvisited" is a personal opinion and not widely shared. So in the end what have we learned from the experience ? same old (Ha! Floyd again)
Appreciate your comment. I was unsure how you would take it and lest it spirals into a long nested and heated thread I responded by editing my post. I just hate long inflamed nested threads.
One thing I would urge you to think about is that one man's conviction of what is right can become another man's "unreasonable demands" and "god given rights". One man's action in good faith may seem like actions of a troll to another. I see that in a previous comment you mentioned "humility", yes that is very important, note that it might be in conflict with "staying strong". As much as I listen to my own voice, I try to listen carefully to others even when their opinions are very different from mine. It is important to temper/question one's convictions, especially so when used to execute potentially inflammatory actions that are not easily reversible. If this comes out as preachy I apologize, its just something that works for me.
>also, I think you're trying to harass me.
Well, then I have to write better, that is in my control, perception, on the other hand, is unfortunately not something that I can control.
Remember how that worked out with deleting pages on programming languages from wikipedia ?
EDIT: My point was to say that the same might happen to dang, we all know his identity, his email address. So, "careful with the axe Eugene". Over enthusiastic deletion, whether be it in good faith or otherwise (frankly, faith is irrelevant as far as content moderation is concerned), is often not a solution. As you probably know from your own experience, it often exacerbates the problem, Streisand effect and all that. I was surprised that you suggested the exact same style of intervention knowing how it turned out for yourself. See, someone downvoted this comment within minutes and its greyed out. This works a lot better. BTW "were terrible.... and likely unvisited" is a personal opinion and not widely shared. So in the end what have we learned from the experience ? same old (Ha! Floyd again)