Mad at the online world
That's not why I haven't been posting, but it seems apt enough.
Google don't seem to understand what "don't be evil" means when it comes to Google+. Apparently privileged white dudes who never do anything their employers* might frown on, or have political views different from them, are the only important, interesting people on the 'net. Or they're happy talking privately about those things, and feel no need to make connections to others they don't already know who share those activities or opinions. I am certainly making inferences about what Google's staff looks like from this, and it's not pretty to my eyes.
I still haven't worked out what would be lost to the world if it was the default social standard that no-one, ever, at any time of day, propositioned strangers in elevators. I really hope all those atheists bemoaning the lack of women in the movement are noticing the number of women saying "I'm an atheist, but this sort of thing is why I steer clear of movement atheism". Greta Christina thinks this is a little problem that can be nipped in the bud early - to me it looks like there are more cool feminist atheist women who've given up on movement atheism, or never joined it, than in it, which suggests too late to me. (I agree completely with her point that if you're vigorously defending your right to do something which is completely counterproductive to your stated aim, it's not about your stated aim).
And he who shall not be named seems to be acting even weirder than usual, or is that just me?
*Or other people/corporations in relative positions of power over them.
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Google don't seem to understand what "don't be evil" means when it comes to Google+. Apparently privileged white dudes who never do anything their employers* might frown on, or have political views different from them, are the only important, interesting people on the 'net. Or they're happy talking privately about those things, and feel no need to make connections to others they don't already know who share those activities or opinions. I am certainly making inferences about what Google's staff looks like from this, and it's not pretty to my eyes.
I still haven't worked out what would be lost to the world if it was the default social standard that no-one, ever, at any time of day, propositioned strangers in elevators. I really hope all those atheists bemoaning the lack of women in the movement are noticing the number of women saying "I'm an atheist, but this sort of thing is why I steer clear of movement atheism". Greta Christina thinks this is a little problem that can be nipped in the bud early - to me it looks like there are more cool feminist atheist women who've given up on movement atheism, or never joined it, than in it, which suggests too late to me. (I agree completely with her point that if you're vigorously defending your right to do something which is completely counterproductive to your stated aim, it's not about your stated aim).
And he who shall not be named seems to be acting even weirder than usual, or is that just me?
*Or other people/corporations in relative positions of power over them.
This entry is originally published at http://aquaeri.dreamwidth.org/87306.html. Please go here to read comments; here to leave a comment (you can use your LJ OpenID).
comments so far.