Good thought, I very much prefer norms that donât require moderators to notice things.
Itâs hard to make a âbright lineâ rule here though. Maybe something like:
If you are sharing information about a specific individual which you believe they would not want associated with them, consider rot13ing the information so itâs not discoverable via search engine
?
(This is offhand and coming just from me, I suspect other moderators might have different opinions.)
Maybe the bright line rule is that if another Forum user asks you to rot13 a name in a discussion that even arguably implicates the principle of respect for the named personâs private life, you are expected to do so and can appeal to the mods if you think that request was inappropriate.
I think itâs hard to avoid a unilateralist problem either way on this one until mods can weigh in. Since I think the harm of erroneous rot13 is low, I would prefer to give a temporary veto to a single user who thinks rot13 is necessary than allowing a single user to decide that cleartext is appropriate.
I expect there would be few if any unreasonable rot13 requests, and thus very few appeals.
Good thought, I very much prefer norms that donât require moderators to notice things.
Itâs hard to make a âbright lineâ rule here though. Maybe something like:
?
(This is offhand and coming just from me, I suspect other moderators might have different opinions.)
Maybe the bright line rule is that if another Forum user asks you to rot13 a name in a discussion that even arguably implicates the principle of respect for the named personâs private life, you are expected to do so and can appeal to the mods if you think that request was inappropriate.
I think itâs hard to avoid a unilateralist problem either way on this one until mods can weigh in. Since I think the harm of erroneous rot13 is low, I would prefer to give a temporary veto to a single user who thinks rot13 is necessary than allowing a single user to decide that cleartext is appropriate.
I expect there would be few if any unreasonable rot13 requests, and thus very few appeals.