Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Earlier this week, I was discussing with some fellow women speakers about unwanted advances we have received from other speakers. It sparked a discussion about how many notable speakers in this industry sexually harass, degrade, and generally make women uncomfortable at events. What upsets me is that these men keep being allowed to promote themselves,…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Reddit CEO Steve Huffman introduced an updated set of user policies Wednesday, which included details for how Reddit would be “quarantining” certain communities and banning ones which were particular awful, including the infamous r/CoonTown. Quarantined communities will be hidden from the general Reddit community and only visible to members of those specific subreddits…
Even when a dentist kills an adored lion, and everyone is furious, there’s loftier righteousness to be had. RetroRocket / Shutterstock We noticed that you have an AD BLOCKER ENABLED Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > Now is the point…
I spent a couple hours writing this as part of an application for cross cultural trainer which I didn’t end up getting but I figured I might as well use it as a blog post anyways. We were asked to write a lesson plan that you might give trainees and I wrote mine about dealing…
Reddit’s executives are still walking a thin, shaky tightrope as they update the site’s content policy. Today, CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman posted a small update on Reddit’s new moderator tools and rules for policing the site’s worst communities — which could spell one of the biggest shifts in the site’s history. He stayed to chat about what…
SHARING BUTTONS CONTENT OF THE POST Jessica Moreno was the fourth senior female employee to exit in less than a month, reports Noah Kulwin for Recode. From Jessica Moreno: I have enjoyed my time at Reddit but after four years I feel that it’s time for me to move on. While I am working with…
I have had so many conversations or email exchanges with students in the last few years wherein I anger them by indicating that simply saying, “This is my opinion” does not preclude a connected statement from being dead wrong. It still baffles me that some feel those four words somehow give them carte blanche to…
Reddit is a total fucking mess, but the new boss is laying down the law. The site’s CEO Steve Huffman opened a traditional Ask Me Anything session this afternoon with a fairly non-traditional type of announcement. Or at least it’s non-traditional for Reddit because CEO Steve is banning specific types of content. It all makes…
.entry-header Earlier this month, Tom McFarlin published a great post where he shares his perspective on the WordPress community. His post struck a nerve and instead of discussing it through comments, I invited him to a Google Hangout to have a candid conversation. Within the conversation, McFarlin and I discuss a number of topics, including:…
Comments are closed on this post. /.single-post-message I don’t know why I feel compelled to begin a post like this, but this is going to be a lengthy as it covers quite of a bit of the state of the culture of WordPress right now. As someone who loves the software, makes a living off…