The problem of harassment is what the section âBanning, flagging and blockingâ is about. You can substitute the word âmalignant actorâ with âharasserâ. As stated, there are some mechanisms to minimize this, but more suggestions are always appreciated. The option to self-accuse was pointed out in âbanning, flagging and blockingâ (âpeople who pretend to be someone theyâre notâ) and âtaggingâ (âLetâs say Barry MacBadguy only assaulted one person and now uses this site to pretend to be his own victimâ). The self-accuser can see that someone else accused them, but if the victim opts to stay completely anonymous the self-accuser canât see who accused them. The flagging and blocking mechanisms are there to punish pretenders, though without a third party verification system pretenders will still get in. Third party verification is possible, but does hamper anonymity and makes the project less scalable.
EDIT: You canât stay completely anonymous if you use the chatroom to share experiences, but you can stay anonymous if you use it to coordinate actions (e.g. On January 6th 13:00 we post our stories to our facebook pages). Obviously after youâve come forward you canât stay completely anonymous, but you canât do that with any other method either. This project will not completely protect victims, merely improve upon the current situation.
A chat like this canât stay completely anonymous. What could you even say which would be useful and wouldnât reveal your identity, if the abuser is there to listen?
Donât let the pushbacks discourage you too much.
Like most projects, itâs hard to come up with the correct solution just by thinking about it and without interviewing lots of users (or maybe checking why previous projects failed).
I personally didnât manage to solve this one (unfortunately :( ), but it doesnât mean you wonât
The problem of harassment is what the section âBanning, flagging and blockingâ is about. You can substitute the word âmalignant actorâ with âharasserâ. As stated, there are some mechanisms to minimize this, but more suggestions are always appreciated.
The option to self-accuse was pointed out in âbanning, flagging and blockingâ (âpeople who pretend to be someone theyâre notâ) and âtaggingâ (âLetâs say Barry MacBadguy only assaulted one person and now uses this site to pretend to be his own victimâ). The self-accuser can see that someone else accused them, but if the victim opts to stay completely anonymous the self-accuser canât see who accused them. The flagging and blocking mechanisms are there to punish pretenders, though without a third party verification system pretenders will still get in. Third party verification is possible, but does hamper anonymity and makes the project less scalable.
EDIT: You canât stay completely anonymous if you use the chatroom to share experiences, but you can stay anonymous if you use it to coordinate actions (e.g. On January 6th 13:00 we post our stories to our facebook pages). Obviously after youâve come forward you canât stay completely anonymous, but you canât do that with any other method either. This project will not completely protect victims, merely improve upon the current situation.
A chat like this canât stay completely anonymous. What could you even say which would be useful and wouldnât reveal your identity, if the abuser is there to listen?
Donât let the pushbacks discourage you too much.
Like most projects, itâs hard to come up with the correct solution just by thinking about it and without interviewing lots of users (or maybe checking why previous projects failed).
I personally didnât manage to solve this one (unfortunately :( ), but it doesnât mean you wonât