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1. Gracious Anthracite (anthracite@dragon.style)'s status on Tuesday, 01-May-2018 13:57:51 EDT Gracious Anthracite

   In the 90s, MIT's Athena system devised a system to handle online harrassment. One feature of the system was that the notice of reported abusive behaviour sent to the accused user began with the phrase "Someone using your account…". Users were advised to re-password their accounts, as they may have been hacked. Password resets by UYA recipients were taken in good faith by staff, but the most astonishing thing was that the offending behaviour nearly always stopped there.

   https://www.metafilter.com/173881/UYA-notices-and-face-saving-in-moderation-systems#inline-7389802

   I need to remember this technique in the event of anyone doing stuff that merits a warning.

   1. ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭ (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 01-May-2018 15:16:46 EDT ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭

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      @anthracite I can't help but wonder if this is the cause of much of the culture wars? Not this action by MIT, but their point about face saving. Many of the points pushed by the culture wars would require some people, or many many people, to admit they were wrong (if only to themselves). This is something they refuse to do, so instead they have to dig in their heels and double down, which only makes things worse, until now we have Trump for president. :/

   2. neville park (nev@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 01-May-2018 15:16:26 EDT neville park

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      @anthracite @Angle solid gold comment from our own @tobascodagama