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		<title>Woozle: /* Notes */</title>
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		<updated>2020-10-26T19:08:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A better solution is needed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A better solution is needed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* '''2020-10-24''' [https://twitter.com/unormal/status/1319891914066481153 unormal@twitter.com]: how one gaming community deals with right-wing malusers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* '''2020-10-24''' [https://twitter.com/unormal/status/1319891914066481153 unormal@twitter.com] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;([https://elekk.xyz/@stolas/105101278158432978 via])&lt;/ins&gt;: how one gaming community deals with right-wing malusers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
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		<title>Woozle at 19:07, 26 October 2020</title>
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		<updated>2020-10-26T19:07:45Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Notes==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* '''2020-10-24''' [https://twitter.com/unormal/status/1319891914066481153 unormal@twitter.com]: how one gaming community deals with right-wing malusers&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
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		<title>Woozle at 09:58, 2 May 2017</title>
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		<updated>2017-05-02T09:58:36Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The involvement of individual malusers in a discussion frequently has the following adverse effects:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The involvement of individual malusers in a discussion frequently has the following adverse effects:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Woozle: Woozle moved page Friend-based policing/purpose to Peer-to-Peer Accountability Enforcement/purpose: better title</title>
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		<updated>2017-01-21T01:51:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Woozle moved page &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Friend-based_policing/purpose&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Friend-based policing/purpose&quot;&gt;Friend-based policing/purpose&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Peer-to-Peer_Accountability_Enforcement/purpose&quot; title=&quot;Peer-to-Peer Accountability Enforcement/purpose&quot;&gt;Peer-to-Peer Accountability Enforcement/purpose&lt;/a&gt;: better title&lt;/p&gt;
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		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
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		<title>Woozle: Woozle moved page Friend-based online community policing/purpose to Friend-based policing/purpose: in the context of this site, should be shorter</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Woozle moved page &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Friend-based_online_community_policing/purpose&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Friend-based online community policing/purpose&quot;&gt;Friend-based online community policing/purpose&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Friend-based_policing/purpose&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Friend-based policing/purpose&quot;&gt;Friend-based policing/purpose&lt;/a&gt;: in the context of this site, should be shorter&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Woozle: Woozle moved page Credibility management/purpose to Friend-based online community policing/purpose: more specific</title>
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		<updated>2016-06-11T16:52:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Woozle moved page &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Credibility_management/purpose&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Credibility management/purpose&quot;&gt;Credibility management/purpose&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Friend-based_online_community_policing/purpose&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Friend-based online community policing/purpose&quot;&gt;Friend-based online community policing/purpose&lt;/a&gt;: more specific&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>Woozle: extracted from main page</title>
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		<updated>2015-07-09T18:50:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;extracted from main page&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is easy for malicious, misinformed, and uncomprehending users to greatly reduce the efficacy of civil discussion. I'll refer to these collectively as &amp;quot;malusers&amp;quot; for now, although the majority are probably not deliberately or knowingly malicious.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Malusers generally fall into one or more of the following groups:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[issuepedia:discussion troll|troll]]s&lt;br /&gt;
* astroturfers&lt;br /&gt;
* propaganda victims&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The involvement of individual malusers in a discussion frequently has the following adverse effects:&lt;br /&gt;
* throwing the conversation off-topic&lt;br /&gt;
* injecting false but believable information&lt;br /&gt;
* making false claims that require extensive research to refute&lt;br /&gt;
* failing to understand the arguments of others&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It should be noted that many malusers are known for being unreasonable only on specific topics, and entirely reasonable on others.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
While blocking and banning (currently supported by most social media venues) are generally effective ways of dealing with malusers when they are identified, those techniques have a number of shortcomings:&lt;br /&gt;
* it is too easy to block someone who is making valid arguments that you happen to disagree with&lt;br /&gt;
* blocking is fundamentally hierarchical:&lt;br /&gt;
** one person owns a thread or post, and has the sole authority to block individuals from commenting on it&lt;br /&gt;
** a group of admins have the sole authority to ban individuals from posting in that group; there is also typically a single owner or founder who can demote or block admins&lt;br /&gt;
* blocking is a very crude level of control:&lt;br /&gt;
** typically, the only way to block someone from posting on a given thread is a person-to-person block -- preventing the two of you from seeing ''anything'' said by the other&lt;br /&gt;
** blocking someone from posting in a group prevents them from participating in ''any'' discussions in that group, including topics on which they are more reasonable&lt;br /&gt;
* once blocked, there is no reliable process by which a reformed maluser can regain posting permission&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A better solution is needed.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
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