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Debugging conference anti-harassment policiesDebugging conference anti-harassment policiesPosted Feb 1, 2011 11:05 UTC (Tue) by fb (subscriber, #53265)In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by niner Parent article: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
> I for one am very glad that he made available his slides and the accompanying text of the talk. That way I was able to pass my own judgement rather than having to rely on the comments here.
I expect that a person that (i) _sincerely_ regrets using a bunch of images on a talk because (ii) it agrees that they were offensive (to some group), _not_ to place said images online. Since this person would be aware of the offense it causes (point ii), and regret offending people with people it (i).
At least that is what I would do. IMO placing them online does discredit his apologies.
> As far as I can tell the talk discriminated noone and did not attack, make fun of or objectivate any group.
It is always too easy to tell other groups when they should not be offended. I agree with rgmoore (http://lwn.net/Articles/425786/) that you need to look at the composition of the offended group.
> Or a picture that shows nothing (yes, sex exists! Deal with it...).
There are endless topics that (i) exist, (ii) polarize, and (iii) are completely off topic (sex, religion, sports clubs etc). When people go to a software conference, they expect to deal with _software_ issues.
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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 11:31 UTC (Tue) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470) [Link]
How are we supposed to evaluate the talk if the slides and/or videos are not available online?
Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 11:56 UTC (Tue) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]
> How are we supposed to evaluate the talk if the slides and/or videos are not available online?
To promote the talk (technical) contents, the author can replace controversial images in 5 minutes and post version 1.1 online. Assuming, again, the author does regret the images.
Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 13:42 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
Posting the slides as-used is useful so that we (here, in this forum and other forums discussing this) can see what the conference policy discussion is about.
It provides an example of what gets labelled as "unacceptable". Without examples, people who find Mark's presentation acceptable would continue to think that the label "unacceptable" is only for slides which are much more sexual than Mark's.
Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 17:26 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link]
If you care about that, read the lecture notes (there's a link to them in the article). Much less graphic. Much more informative. Much faster to download.
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