Next Week is Be Nice on the Internet Week

[This Year's Girl]

Awww, I love this idea! I have 2 new year's resolutions this year:

1. Be forgiving (to myself and others)
2. Never again to smile or laugh when someone is saying something mean or condecending about someone (applies to people I don't know and like too!)

And this fits perfectly to this! 🙂

 

[VisionGirl]

Well, we may have to put off discussions on seasons 8 and 9 then. 😉

OK, that was snarky, right? And snarky is off-limits. Hmm, this may be harder than I thought. 😀

Seriously, it's a great idea.

 

[kittenpoker]

Wouldn't it be awesome if this could spread to a be nice to everyone, on or offline week?

🙂

But this is definitely a good start.

 

[Buffy Summers]

Well, in some ways, the point is that we are taught to be nice to people offline, and how to treat people offline, but we're not really taught what to do online.

🙂

 

[zobothehobo]

Well it doesn't have to be just about this site - it can be across everything you do online, including facebook, youtube, and email 🙂

Or tumblr. I'm using this as an opportunity to not be mean on tumblr... because I find I sometimes can be very mean. And beyond mean... just plain negative.

 

[Buffy Summers]

Well, you can always be assured that you aren't as mean as the people on YouTube, so that should make you feel better 🙂

 

[BananaBuffy]

I'm already smiling. Everyone is actually being quite nice in this thread, so the nice-ness has started already. I think this might help strengthen the sense of community we have around here.

 

[LizzieRainbow]

I love this. There is so much hate in the world and this gets spread throughout the internet so it will be nice to have everyone being nice nomatter how they feel 🙂

 

[Willow My Love]

My brother always says, "You don't have to like everyone, you just have to love them." He means you should love everyone, even if you don't like them, because you want love in return.

Just thought I'd share that little message for this week. 🙂

 

[This Year's Girl]

My brother always says, "You don't have to like everyone, you just have to love them." He means you should love everyone, even if you don't like them, because you want love in return.

Just thought I'd share that little message for this week. 🙂

I love that! Me and my husband were talking last week and he said something very true too: we all have to strive to do better, because we don't live just for ourselves. Our every action is in some way going to effekt someone Else.

Thinkworthy!

 

[Buffy Summers]

That's an awesome statement - I think you should share that again once we get started next week 🙂

 

[kittenpoker]

Right.... just simple courtesy goes a long way. 🙂

 

[VisionGirl]

I went to a funeral today for a co-worker. She was a teacher for over 50 years(!) and a wonderful woman. Her daughter-in-law quoted her: "There is never an excuse for rudeness".

 

[Buffy Summers]

ProphecyGirl65 agrees: Hey I use IMDB, tumblr, and occasionally I comment on youtube and I try to be very polite it's all about respecting people's opinions. Life would suck if we all liked the same things.

It's not about having to like the same things; it's about how you see people treating each other on youtube. Google should be ashamed to allow that to go on like that.

 

[zobothehobo]

It's not about having to like the same things; it's about how you see people treating each other on youtube. Google should be ashamed to allow that to go on like that.

In Google's defense, they are a large company that is doing new things every day. I do agree they could stand to moderate youtube a little more... But youtube is a HUGE website. And Google's got so many other things going on. They moderate SOLELY based on how many people report something. They rely on the members to moderate. Which really is all you can do on a site that big. So bottom line: if you want youtube moderated better, go through and report all the posts.

 

[Cast No Shadow]

In Google's defense, they are a large company that is doing new things every day. I do agree they could stand to moderate youtube a little more... But youtube is a HUGE website. And Google's got so many other things going on. They moderate SOLELY based on how many people report something. They rely on the members to moderate. Which really is all you can do on a site that big. So bottom line: if you want youtube moderated better, go through and report all the posts.

The millions of pounds/dollars that Google makes, I'm sure they could employ a better moderating system.

 

[zobothehobo]

The millions of pounds/dollars that Google makes, I'm sure they could employ a better moderating system.

Like what though? What type of system would you suggest for a site youtube's size? Either they continue like they are (with having moderation be done by multiple reports), or they restrict posting and commenting.

 

[Cast No Shadow]

Like what though? What type of system would you suggest for a site youtube's size? Either they continue like they are (with having moderation be done by multiple reports), or they restrict posting and commenting.

If it's something you're interested in discussing, perhaps creating a new topic would be a good idea? 😉
I don't think it should be discussed here 🙂

Excited to see what next week brings!