[Imc-dc-editorial] Another thread to hide - NO, EDIT

[Chuck0]

D. N. Russo wrote:

> I edited the post to not include that So-and-So was raped, as it stated. 
> I'm not sure if the person in question would want her name used in that 
> way publicly, so it's now edited. Everything else remains.

Thank you. At the very minimum, that information should be removed.

> If there are other reasons to edit this more, then state them on list. I 
> think it's a very interesting issue that deserves to NOT BE HIDDEN from 
> the public, but carefully watched by the editorial group. If the rape 
> survivor in question wants to talk about her rape case in public, then 
> she should do it herself, or be informed of what is being said with her 
> name by the "reporters". Since this news story is not public on DC-IMC 
> News as I know it, her name should not be published. (Why it's not NEWS 
> yet is a whole other story which I don't even understand!) I haven't 
> talked with her personally, so I went and hid it, as well as the comment 
> that also divulged personal information of this subject.

We need to talk about these issues when we have a meeting to talk about the 
newswire policy. What we have here is a case of one angry activist who is 
posting personal information to the newswire. I know that the person who did 
this is an activist, because they posted a personal item about another 
activist last night in a completely different comment.

I think this thread opens up a big can of moderation worms. It is a good 
argument for us to come up with a good editorial policy and for us to switch 
to dadaIMC as soon as possible, since that software has built-in user account 
and comment/article ratings features.

> This is public list as well, so I haven't used her name in this email.
> It would be interesting to have a STAR of the this VIDEO talk about what 
> SHE thinks of the exploitation issue and Buckley's choice of graphics. 
> Sort of ironic how it all plays out here. I'd really like to hear from 
> her, in a post with HER NAME on it.

Well, at least we've taken care of the most important problem in that thread.

Chuck0

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