Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
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Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
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Re: Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
#2sex·ist [sek-sist]
adjective
1. pertaining to, involving, or fostering sexism: a sexist remark; sexist advertising.
sex·ism [sek-siz-uhm] noun 1. attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles. 2. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex, as in restricted job opportunities; especially, such discrimination directed against women.
I don't think the bot is exactly sexist. It's stupid, immature, and beats a dead horse, but actually sexist?
While you should probably have a talk with the supervisor, not the general office, about this issue, maybe polluting the chat space with yet another stupid bot isn't the greatest idea? "Annoying" your coworkers into compliance isn't a good strategy, as it will grow resentment towards you and mask the real problem.
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#4I'm struggling to come up with an answer to this question: Has technology ever solved issues with social etiquette?
Re: Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
#5I think this would never happen where I live. Honestly this seems like its the same thing as you guys in the US not being able to say merry christmas because it might offend someone. What's so wrong with being offended anyway? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs&t=3m30s
I think people over there just take everything to seriously.
Re: Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
#6A very nice write up.
I say this politely[1] but I thought this was odd:
> Now I could run it from one of the development servers at work.
Really? Is that kind of thing common?
[1] because I don't want to add to the air of general negativity around HN.
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I guess what you're saying is that this bot and the TWSS function should be disabled. Right?
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So the one "funny" bot should be wasted on TWSS, which one of the team actively objects to? (And it is a waste: markov chain bots can provide moments of startling poetry. ",)
Re: Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot
#9I'm struggling to come up with an answer to this question: Has technology ever solved issues with social etiquette?
Obviously, it has - for the male participants of IRC chat which found bot "jokes" funny. They have a social bondage now. That's how I saw it.