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Caveat: This is from my personal perspective and should not be taken as the official Codidact stance on this. Your profile is your personal space: You get to decorate it how you like, more or le...
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#2: Post edited
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Mithical
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2022-01-11T16:25:37Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Caveat: This is from my personal perspective and should not be taken as the official Codidact stance on this.
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- Your profile is your personal space: You get to decorate it how you like, more or less. If you want to put up posters of your favorite band, or your preferred political candidate... that reflects on you, for the most part, and not anyone else.
- There are some things, though, that we shouldn't be hosting here on Codidact at all, even in someone's personal profile.
- These include outright bigotry, personal attacks against other people / groups of people, and inappropriate content (nudity etc.).
- What does this mean when it comes to declaring your political views? IMO, "vote for Joe McSmiley" should be fine, but "Candidate Furhead Brainrot is a mule head" isn't - it's a personal attack against someone.
- However... when something is too close to the line, or deemed by mods / staff to be liable to stir up extensive debate, I think there are sufficient grounds for removing it. Codidact isn't required to host everything on our instance; if someone wants to host their own version of our sites with whatever content they want, they're welcome to (provided, of course, they make it clear they're not affiliated with the Codidact Foundation).
- As a general rule, though, you should be allowed to put any non-offensive statement you want in your own profile.
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- Usernames and avatars are held to a slightly higher standard than profiles, since they show up everywhere you post. I'd advise against too much politics in those, since they're liable to simply cause unrelated discussion on random posts - and, of course, anything that crosses the "offensive" line should be removed.
- ----
- I find it unlikely that anyone will ever be making political statements on behalf of Codidact the site or the Codidact Foundation. (We'd probably need entirely unanimous support from the entire Board of Directors before doing such a thing, and that's extremely unlikely to happen.) I don't think that's something we need to be concerned about at the moment.
- Caveat: This is from my personal perspective and should not be taken as the official Codidact stance on this.
- ---
- Your profile is your personal space: You get to decorate it how you like, more or less. If you want to put up posters of your favorite band, or your preferred political candidate... that reflects on you, for the most part, and not anyone else.
- There are some things, though, that we shouldn't be hosting here on Codidact at all, even in someone's personal profile.
- These include outright bigotry, personal attacks against other people / groups of people, and inappropriate content (nudity etc.).
- What does this mean when it comes to declaring your political views? IMO, "vote for Joe McSmiley" should be fine, but "Candidate Furhead Brainrot is a mule head" isn't - it's a personal attack against someone.
- However... when something is too close to the line, or deemed by mods / staff to be liable to stir up extensive debate, I think there are sufficient grounds for removing it. Codidact isn't required to host everything on our instance; if someone wants to host their own version of our sites with whatever content they want, they're welcome to (provided, of course, they make it clear they're not affiliated with the Codidact Foundation).
- As a general rule, though, you should be allowed to put any non-offensive statement you want in your own profile.
- ----
- Usernames and avatars are held to a slightly higher standard than profiles, since they show up everywhere you post. I'd advise against too much politics in those, since they're liable to simply cause unrelated discussion on random posts - and, of course, anything that crosses the "offensive" line should be removed.
- ----
- Anything that could be *dangerous* should be immediately removed. This could include some types of misinformation, such as about various drug usage; this could be seen as political, but I think it's a moral responsibility to remove any content that could lead to serious harm or death. It's not about politics at that point.
- ----
- I find it unlikely that anyone will ever be making political statements on behalf of Codidact the site or the Codidact Foundation. (We'd probably need entirely unanimous support from the entire Board of Directors before doing such a thing, and that's extremely unlikely to happen.) I don't think that's something we need to be concerned about at the moment.
#1: Initial revision
by
Mithical
·
2022-01-11T16:21:12Z (almost 3 years ago)
Caveat: This is from my personal perspective and should not be taken as the official Codidact stance on this. --- Your profile is your personal space: You get to decorate it how you like, more or less. If you want to put up posters of your favorite band, or your preferred political candidate... that reflects on you, for the most part, and not anyone else. There are some things, though, that we shouldn't be hosting here on Codidact at all, even in someone's personal profile. These include outright bigotry, personal attacks against other people / groups of people, and inappropriate content (nudity etc.). What does this mean when it comes to declaring your political views? IMO, "vote for Joe McSmiley" should be fine, but "Candidate Furhead Brainrot is a mule head" isn't - it's a personal attack against someone. However... when something is too close to the line, or deemed by mods / staff to be liable to stir up extensive debate, I think there are sufficient grounds for removing it. Codidact isn't required to host everything on our instance; if someone wants to host their own version of our sites with whatever content they want, they're welcome to (provided, of course, they make it clear they're not affiliated with the Codidact Foundation). As a general rule, though, you should be allowed to put any non-offensive statement you want in your own profile. ---- Usernames and avatars are held to a slightly higher standard than profiles, since they show up everywhere you post. I'd advise against too much politics in those, since they're liable to simply cause unrelated discussion on random posts - and, of course, anything that crosses the "offensive" line should be removed. ---- I find it unlikely that anyone will ever be making political statements on behalf of Codidact the site or the Codidact Foundation. (We'd probably need entirely unanimous support from the entire Board of Directors before doing such a thing, and that's extremely unlikely to happen.) I don't think that's something we need to be concerned about at the moment.