The Ones Who Thrive in Omelas
Michael
People keep asking why nobody in Trust and Safety ever speaks out. Casey Newton just wrote another piece about it, wondering why so few in the field go on the…
Groupthink
Money for sources, but the spin comes free
Every time I try to read an article from The Halifax Examiner, I’m reminded that paywalls may be behind a good share of the working‑class, media‑fuelled biases we’re seeing these days. I’m…
When Safety Forgot about Scammers
For a while, I’ve been thinking about how the online dating moderation space shifted from focusing primarily on tackling masses of spam, much of which was scam-related, to prioritizing individual…
Down the rabbit hole of Trudeau’s gun ban in Canada
I’ve been meaning to write something about Trudeau’s gun ban in Canada for about 2 years now, mostly as a follow-up to my 2013 post about the British bans. I…
Timing is everything.
My notes say: Dating: Gravity Matches, Dorien Grey, Speed dating. First contacts. Swipe: Hot or not, Left Handers. Tim: Put us back 20 years. Everything is a board game, there’s…
Everything is good in moderation; except moderation…
I thought it was about time to write an article on how I was recently fired from my job with one of the Internet's leading moderation companies. It's been a…