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hyporational comments on Open thread for December 9 - 16, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: intrepidadventurer 09 December 2013 08:02:38PM *  7 points [-]

What are community norms here about sexism (and related passive aggressive "jokes" and comments about free speech) at the LW co-working chat? Is LW going for wheatons law or free speech and to what extent should I be attempting to make people who engage in such activities feel unwelcome or should I be at all?

I have hesitated to bring this up because I am aware its a mind-killer but I figured If facebook can contain a civil discussion about vaccines then LW should be able to talk about this?

Comment author: hyporational 10 December 2013 05:41:27PM *  5 points [-]

I connotationally interpret your question as: "what are the community norms about bad things?"

You're not giving us enough information so that we could know what you're talking about, and you're asking our blind permission to condemn behaviour you disagree with.

Comment author: intrepidadventurer 10 December 2013 06:33:33PM 3 points [-]

Fair critique. Despite the lack of clarity on my part the comments have more than satisfactorily answered the question about community norms here. I suppose the responders can thank g-factor for that :)

Comment author: hyporational 10 December 2013 06:38:33PM 0 points [-]

I suppose the responders can thank g-factor for that :)

Well played.