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Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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scoot wrote: post #246
common_crow wrote: post #29

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I assume you're speaking of the Scott Bergstrom debacle? Yeah, I remember that one. Link to Scott's interview that infuriated those authors is here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/child... Don't want to dox anyone and post which authors had such horrible behavior, but I will say I personally witnessed those tweets discussing book burning, stalking, and public harassment.

Linking to someone's public posts isn't "doxing". Publicly sharing their personal details (private email address, home address, phone number, etc.) or other private information as a form if direct or indirect harassment is .

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Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by tomp »

wrycoder wrote: post #383
rayiner wrote: post #319

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There’s no solution because it’s not a technical problem. Something is broken in our culture.

Pseudonyms and team moderation work pretty well, along with the ability to block abusive users. The HN voting system is also helpful.

I received threats through my HN account. Caused me to remove identifying information from my profile.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by trident5000 »

common_crow wrote: post #29
paperwasp42 wrote: post #22

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I have literally seen NYT bestselling authors talk about how they're super excited to publicly heckle an author at his next book signing. And join in on conversations promoting burning his book. His crime? Writing a female character who goes on the run, has limited food, and trains in martial arts--which leads to her losing weight. This was, apparently, fat-shaming and deeply sexist. The authors involved in these thr…

I assume you're speaking of the Scott Bergstrom debacle? Yeah, I remember that one. Link to Scott's interview that infuriated those authors is here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/child... Don't want to dox anyone and post which authors had such horrible behavior, but I will say I personally witnessed those tweets discussing book burning, stalking, and public harassment.

People basically found out a new way to be an asshole. They would have been an asshole in another way if this current lane was closed and socially challenged. It just happens to be that virtue signaling and sticking some BS cause in front of your behavior lets you get away with it at this point in time.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by tptacek »

reitanqild wrote: post #189
tptacek wrote: post #101

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You can do that. I'm just pointing out that people have a conception of what Newsweek is that doesn't match what it currently is. It's worth knowing about.

You are also bothering to mention the religion of the owner, adding the (in this context) pejorative adjective "odd" and possibly more.

For the record, I am also a Christian, and I suppose to an outsider Catholicism probably looks very odd indeed, what with the feet and the noses and the gall bladders in the jars in the cathedrals and whatnot. But David Jang's "The Community" is odd in a different way --- in a more "Reunification Church" kind of way. Maybe mentally replace "odd" with "idiosyncratic" or "noteworthy". It was late when I wrote that, and I was a bit into my cups.

The word I was originally going to use was the one articles about the new "Newsweek" use: "cult". But that didn't seem quite right either.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by pwinnski »

throwawaysea wrote: post #86
pwinnski wrote: post #50

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Parler, at least, despite initially claiming to not censor anyone/anything, went out of its way to censor/block people in opposed groups.[0] Parler's CEO bragged about blocking trolls, which he identified as those attacking Christians or conservatives.[1] Of course, the most politically-conservative Christians I know are not on Parler nor Gab, but they're also not Trump supporters, which seemed to be the real reason…

Are people still peddling the hyperbole/lie that this was an attempted coup? https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/why-this-wasnt-a-coup-c...

I used the word "insurrection," not "coup," but yes, it definitely was an attempt at both. Bad articles notwithstanding, upcoming federal trials ought to make that clear to those who participated.

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by [deleted] »

rayiner wrote: post #319
throwaway316943 wrote: post #281

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A bit of a tangent but, this is all the result of having people use their real names on the internet. I remember when there was a big push for people to create profiles tied to their real identities with the argument being that everyone would behave themselves if their real lives were connected to the things they did online. That argument is dead as discourse is now. Instead of well mannered discussion between opposi…

There’s no solution because it’s not a technical problem. Something is broken in our culture.

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Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by ttt0 »

Chazprime wrote: post #367
hluska wrote: post #305

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I’m not sure that I’d call the reaction to Bergstrom a debacle. Here are a couple of quotes from the excerpt that made everyone angry: “It’s a novel with a teenage heroine set in a dystopian future. Which novel in particular doesn’t matter because they’re all the same. Poor teenage heroine, having to go to war when all you really want is to write in your diary about how you’re in love with two different guys and can’…

Those quotes really don’t warrant the disproportional responses to his book nor the vitriol directed at him personally & professionally. I think it’s time we start calling out the social media mobbing for what it really is: hateful .

Everyone will dismiss it with the "Paradox of Tolerance".

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by tclancy »

Guthur wrote: post #270
pvg wrote: post #262

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To be honest I have no idea who Newsweek were or are These things seem germane to the discussion, though.

Not at all. The OP was maintaining because the brand changed hands that it was somehow a scam, that feels quite disingenuous.

Consider the anti-tracking browser extensions that gain enough popularity they get bought by ad tracking companies. Is that also legitimate?

Re: Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab

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Post by tclancy »

cm2187 wrote: post #280
forgingahead wrote: post #113

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Honest question - it's obvious how you identify politically by all your posts here, but what has your comment got to do with the story? If it's a false story, say it. If it's not - what exactly are you saying with your comment?

Because the left-leaning orthodoxy of the moment is that you should under no circumstances read or watch any conservative media.

What is conservative media at this point? What even-handed voices are . . . left?
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