As crossposting seems to currently be down

[andrewducker]

• Community Standards: A Comparison of Dreamwidth and Google+
  (tags: community dreamwidth standards internet)
• Europol Report: All Terrorists are Muslims...Except the 99.6% that Aren't
  (tags: terrorism europe islam statistics politics)
• Four Things Google Plus Could Do To Fix Google Plus
  (tags: identity google googleplus)
• Greener pastures: How cows could help in the fight against climate change
  (tags: ecology farming views cows)
• Hong Kong people using full English names get Google profile suspended for "not using real name" on Google Plus
  (tags: google googleplus identity)
• Vote here on whether Google should allow pseudonyms (not that I know if it will make any difference)
  (tags: google googleplus pseudonymity identity)
• No, no, no - the best post I've seen on Amy Winehouse's death.
  (tags: AmyWinehouse death addiction music)
• Gay Couple Told to Move to Back of Bus
  (tags: homophobia usa)

Comments

[zz]

brilliant, actual reasons not to use g+, besides not bothering while it's just yet another internet fad.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Funniest and sickest thing I've seen in a while is the 'tributes' laid out to Miss Winehouse that use bottles of vodka rather than flowers. Seems akin to leaving tributes in the form of assault rifles in Norway!

[andrewducker]

Or Christians wearing crosses!

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Good point, good point...

Funny, I've never really associated christians with sick humour before.

[andrewducker]

I stole that one from Bill Hicks:
http://www.jokes.com/funny/bill+hicks/bill-hicks--cross-jewelry

[steer.livejournal.com]

I don't see how the Dreamwidth policy is coherent here:

Surely

1) Both Google and Dreamwidth disallow abuse, hate speech, invasion of privacy, illegal content, spam, and impersonation.

and

2) Freedom: We believe in free expression. We will not place limits on your expression, except as required by United States law or to protect the quality and long-term viability of the service (such as removing spam). We will provide you with tools that make creativity and free expression easy. If, at any point, we have to place restrictions on your expression, we will tell you why, and work to find the best solutions possible.

cannot both be true?

Abuse, hate speech (where legal) and impersonation would be allowed by 2 but disallowed by 1.

[andrewducker]

Yup, you're right.

I just checked the wording, and it's definitely contradictory.

[andrewducker]

Interesting comment on my comment over on that post.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Assuming you mean one is "legal" and one is "a contract between service and user" -- I found it baffling. Does it mean they will or will not delete abuse and impersonation?

[darkoshi]

The following seems vague to me:
"or to protect the quality and long-term viability of the service (such as removing spam)"

It says "such as removing spam", but that doesn't mean spam is the only thing they would consider to affect the quality and long-term viability of the service. From a subjective standpoint, they might consider hate speech, or anything else, to affect it.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Do Americans not have school trips?

I mean on this side of the Atlantic, anyone who has ever been on a school trip will tell you that the back seats of a bus are the most sought after, reserved for the coolest of kids. Maybe that was what the driver was trying to enforce: "I'm sorry, you're too cool to sit at the front of the bus. This area is reserved for nerds and teachers."