Towards more diversity-friendly social networks
summary
Builds a small live test social network called tapestries that targets privacy and diversity, currently live with a small user group and still a work in progress. Recommends enforceable harassment policies and appeal processes, specific moderation tools (muting, blocking, report workflows), and flexible pseudonymity instead of rigid real‑name rules. Cites concrete precedents: Dreamwidth’s broad diversity categories, Django community code of conduct, Twitter’s December blocking change that reduced safety, and using a constitutional convention plus five fair information practices to lock in defaults.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Background
- 1:24What is diversity
- 4:30Friendly social networks
- 5:29Technology
- 5:56Norms
- 6:51Community Guidelines
- 10:34Enforcement
- 12:35Privacy
- 18:03Politics
- 19:00European views of privacy
- 19:52Examples of good practices
- 20:41Is Google tuition orientation illegal
- 21:26Privacy and pseudonyms
- 22:43Harassment
- 27:16Accessibility
- 32:30Policies
- 34:19Tools
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