Community Safety Initiative
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Repercussion draft

SYN-019

Obvious versus nuanced transgressions

The community is deliberate in separating obvious transgressions (violence, sexual offences — named clearly and handled firmly) from nuanced ones, and does not mix the two conversations. A nuanced mistake is not an accusation of being a sex offender, predator, or lawbreaker; it asks only for openness to feedback and adjusted behaviour. On nuanced matters this community consciously values everyone's safety more highly than most public spaces do.

Deliberately left open — GTC-021 calls for worked examples (defamation and misinformation among them) — examples are for the group to agree.
Where this comes from · 7 source items

This draft merges what the community actually said across 7 source items — every source ID is permanent and traceable.

  • GTC-016 Reception of feedback: If you make a mistake in terms of the nuanced conversation/policy we are not saying you are a sex offender or a predator or that you crossed a legal boundary. We are saying within this community we require you to be open to feedback. Within this community if you behave in ways where people give you feedback (directly or indirectly) the community will ask for adjusted behavior.
  • GTC-021 Define appropriate/inappropriate behaviour – splitting obvious from nuanced behaviour, with examples, such as defamation, spreading misinformation,
  • GTC-068 Nuanced things: we value everyone’s safety more than in most public spaces that are not okay in our space.
  • OPIN-049 Re: be deliberate in splitting obvious items from more nuanced items in terms of exclusion
  • OPIN-057 Let’s be clear about the obvious things (Violence, sexual offences etc.)
  • OPIN-058 Lets not mix the obvious transgressions with the more nuanced conversation we are trying to have.
  • OPIN-059 If you make a mistake in terms of the nuanced conversation/policy we are not saying you are a sex offender or a predator or that you crossed a legal boundary.

Themes · obvious vs nuanced transgressions · repercussions and exclusion · communication and tone

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