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Apr. 20th, 2009 11:36 amShort version: posts about race/gender/disability etc will for the most part now be at Dreamwidth account, under a stricter comments policy.
Something I try to balance in my lj is letting people honestly work through/express their opinions, and stopping people from feeling attacked or hurt by the things other people (or I!) say. Unfortunately, you can't easily do both of those things at the same time, especially since I lack the spoons to moderate very tightly. When I first started posting about race and gender on this lj I was working through the basic concepts, and found it useful to explain myself to people who weren't into the whole anti-racism/feminism etc thing. But at this point I'm sick of re-explaining the same basic ideas over and over again, and I've literally been afraid to post about disability issues because I'm worried someone will say something clueless and hurtful.
The more I thought about it, the more I decided I needed an opt-in filter, that way everyone who commented had agreed to abide by some basic rules without having to try to make everyone else change their behaviour unwillingly. But on the other hand I like having open posts so random people can wander by and I can link back from outside.
And then I went "Wait, I have this Dreamwidth account sitting around I'm not using, and since hardly anyone'sfriended subscribed to me yet.."
So I've set up some commenting rules (still in beta. It'll probably be a while before I post anything). There's also an lj feed for people with ljs who don't have accounts there but want to read what I'm saying. I'm also pondering an opt-in list for locked posts but will wait until after DW goes into open Beta and it's easier for everyone who wants one to get an account.
I will probably post about social justice type stuff here too from time to time, but only when I can be bothered dealing with the comments properly.
Something I try to balance in my lj is letting people honestly work through/express their opinions, and stopping people from feeling attacked or hurt by the things other people (or I!) say. Unfortunately, you can't easily do both of those things at the same time, especially since I lack the spoons to moderate very tightly. When I first started posting about race and gender on this lj I was working through the basic concepts, and found it useful to explain myself to people who weren't into the whole anti-racism/feminism etc thing. But at this point I'm sick of re-explaining the same basic ideas over and over again, and I've literally been afraid to post about disability issues because I'm worried someone will say something clueless and hurtful.
The more I thought about it, the more I decided I needed an opt-in filter, that way everyone who commented had agreed to abide by some basic rules without having to try to make everyone else change their behaviour unwillingly. But on the other hand I like having open posts so random people can wander by and I can link back from outside.
And then I went "Wait, I have this Dreamwidth account sitting around I'm not using, and since hardly anyone's
So I've set up some commenting rules (still in beta. It'll probably be a while before I post anything). There's also an lj feed for people with ljs who don't have accounts there but want to read what I'm saying. I'm also pondering an opt-in list for locked posts but will wait until after DW goes into open Beta and it's easier for everyone who wants one to get an account.
I will probably post about social justice type stuff here too from time to time, but only when I can be bothered dealing with the comments properly.
