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

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Post by throwawayboise »

D13Fd wrote: post #15
common_crow wrote: post #10

Reminds me of Dawn Frederick, a literary agent who was "cancelled" for calling 911 on looters who rammed a van into the gas station on her apartment block: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/p... This happened during the BLM protests this summer in St. Loius. The looters she reported were blocks away from any BLM protest, and other looting bands were setting fires on nearby blocks. Frederick w…

I honestly don't know why people use "post what you're thinking" style social media at all at this point. With employers being so sensitive, how can the cost/benefit analysis ever really result in a determination that it's a good idea to be active on Twitter/Facebook (or Gab, Parler, TheDonald.win, etc.)? Maybe that's part of what makes things get so extreme on those sites. The most reasonable people know enough not…

Never could see any positives from the "stream of consciousness" type of particpation in social media. I myself have gone farther and have never participated at all on Facebook, Twiter, et. al.

Closest thing I've ever had to a social media presence is here on HN, where I deliberately remain anonymous.

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

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Post by Zuider »

kelnos wrote: post #57
chrisjharris wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think those were subreddits, not users.

Right, so it's a bit more coarse then banning or allowing users, but if you selectively ban or allow topics that certain kinds of users want to talk about (or don't want talked about), you can definitely shape your user base.

Selective banning carried out by reacting to infractions is is a relatively coarse tool compared to whitelisting a set of users on the basis of credentials or avowed common interest.

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

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Post by tptacek »

Just a reminder that Newsweek ceased publication back in 2013, and the rights to its brand were purchased by an odd Christian sect, somewhat along the lines of The Washington Times and the Reunification Church. The new "Newsweek" capitalizes on the brand reputation of the old one, but has no connections to it; a good thing to do with Newsweek pieces is to check the byline and look up what their background is.

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

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Post by Zuider »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #47
300bps wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fired agent telegraphed which law she believed has been violated when she said, "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative." https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination

Political affiliation is not a protected class. Being "a Christian" (whatever that means...) is a protected class - but where in the Bible did Moses or Jesus command people to use Gab, Parler - or even be "conservative"? You can be fired for being a selfish ass (I'm referring to the donkey hybrid, as befits the biblical narrative) - and that's my interpretation of what happened. What matters now is if the law will al…

Selfish ass? You have made an allegation about this person's character which does not appear to have supporting evidence, either in the article posted or any other source.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #41
HDMI_Cable wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If said employer is asking for your private social media, then they're probably not worth working for anyway.

Tens of millions of people in the US alone don't have the privilege of being on the supply-side for a high-demand skillset. "they're probably not worth working for anyway" is not a reasonable nor helpful response to people in that situation.

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

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Post by FriendlyNormie »

tptacek wrote: post #63

Just a reminder that Newsweek ceased publication back in 2013, and the rights to its brand were purchased by an odd Christian sect, somewhat along the lines of The Washington Times and the Reunification Church. The new "Newsweek" capitalizes on the brand reputation of the old one, but has no connections to it; a good thing to do with Newsweek pieces is to check the byline and look up what their background is.

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

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Post by Zuider »

dragonwriter wrote: post #46
LurkersWillLurk wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unstated assertions that a person simply visiting Parler or Gab is a form of harm to others is astonishing.

From the pattern and other things I've seen from employers, it seems likely to be a response to particular content complaints where the specific content is something the employer doesn't want to draw more attention to from anyone who hasn't seen the initial complaint.

Colleen Oefelein's posts on Gab and Parler are publicly available and appear to be nothing more offensive than reposts of her tweets. I don't think that there is any more than meets the eye here. Her announcement that she was using the offending platforms was enough to raise a twitter mob against her to put pressure on her employer. More here:

https://reclaimthenet.org/literary-agent-fired-gab-parler/

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

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Post by Zuider »

dragonwriter wrote: post #45
mandragon wrote: post #3

Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?

The language follows a pattern I've seen before where complaints were raised about specific content posted on social sites but the employer didn't want to draw additional attention to the detailed subject of the complaints from people who hasn't seen the initial complaints.

All of Colleen Oefelein's posts on Gab and Parler were public, and were merely repeats of her posts on twitter.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

common_crow wrote: post #10

Reminds me of Dawn Frederick, a literary agent who was "cancelled" for calling 911 on looters who rammed a van into the gas station on her apartment block: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/p... This happened during the BLM protests this summer in St. Loius. The looters she reported were blocks away from any BLM protest, and other looting bands were setting fires on nearby blocks. Frederick w…

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

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Post by swirepe »

belltaco wrote: post #44
300bps wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fired agent telegraphed which law she believed has been violated when she said, "I just got fired because I'm a Christian and a conservative." https://www.eeoc.gov/religious-discrimination

She can say what she wants. Is being active on Gab and Parler a Christian religious activity?

I think Jesus is a Craigslist guy
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