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BP (NYSE: BP) is the very definition of a company with significant headline risks. At this point, the concerns surrounding the company are universally known: fallout from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 that has resulted in billions in fines paid by the company. In the face of the largest corporate criminal penalty ever, I continue to be a BP shareholder. Not only that, I believe that BP is undervalued, and should the stock retrace some of its recent gains, I will be looking to add to my position.
BP competes with fellow oil majors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX). While all oil companies carry their fair share of risks, Exxon and Chevron enjoy higher multiples than BP—and rightly so. Exxon and Chevron trade for trailing price-to-earnings ratios of 10, whereas BP's trailing P/E ratio stands at 8. In addition, Exxon and Chevron's price-to-book ratios are 2.5 and 1.75, respectively, whereas BP's P/B ratio is 1.2 times. For now, the fines resulting from the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster have served as an anchor on BP's valuation. My position is not to deny those realities, but instead to understand that with time, the fallout will recede and BP will eventually return to its normal state of business with normal valuation multiples to follow.
Back From the Brink
There's no way to deny the harsh financial penalties that BP continues to endure since the spill. Prior to that, BP was trading at $60 per share. Afterwards, the stock immediately cratered. BP shares fell from $60 to $27 in two months. The company suspended its dividend, and it wasn't long after the spill that predictions of the company's impending bankruptcy rained down from financial pundits.
While it was extremely easy to get carried away with the cascade of negative headlines, the reality was and continues to be that BP is a juggernaut operating in an industry that is necessary to our society. To date, the company has paid more than $24 billion in expenses related to the oil spill. Furthermore, BP has estimated it will pay a total of $42 billion to fully resolve its liability for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Those are staggering numbers, no doubt—but I believe those figures are largely reflected in the stock price. While the stock has recovered since its 2010 low, it has still lost nearly $50 billion in market value since the spill.
Including impacts from the Gulf of Mexico spill, BP generated $39 billion in operating profit in fiscal 2011. As a result, the company was not only able to restore its quarterly dividend in early 2011, but it has raised its dividend twice since then. Its most recent increase was 12.5%, and the stock now yields nearly 5% at recent prices. That yield compares very favorably to the dividends its peers currently offer: Chevron yields 3%, and Exxon Mobil yields only 2.5%.
The Road to Recovery
BP has taken a number of steps to place it on the right path going forward. The company is in the process of a $38 billion divestment program to focus its investments and restore its financial position. In fiscal 2011 BP's upstream business secured 55 new licenses in nine countries. BP will release its fiscal 2012 results in early February. While I expect to see results hampered by the tragic Gulf of Mexico spill, I also expect to see continued progress. I have added to my position gradually on dips since the 2010 disaster, and will do so again should the opportunity present itself.
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Many of my friends were suggesting that I portray this character for a particular similarity that both the character and I share. And no, it's not the skin color, you racists. heehee The year i debuted this outfit was one really REALLY fun year!!!
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It is no secret the kitchen can be a dirty place. Scientists often warn people that sinks and sponges can be hotbeds for bacteria, but there are some other dangerous spots people may not realize. NSF International, a non-profit health and safety organization, recently did a study appliances and found refrigerator vegetable and meat compartments, blender gasket, can opener, rubber spatula and rubber-sealed food storage containers were the germiest items in the kitchen.
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Hands-On With The Bell & Ross WWI Monopusher Chronograph Heritage (Live Pics & Pricing)
Bell & Ross might be best known for its square, instrument-inspired watches, but there is a lot more to the brand than just that. Most interesting to HODINKEE are the Vintage WWI and WWII collections, which take styling cues from the early twentieth century but utilize them in ways that will appeal to the modern watch buyer. We first showed you the WWI Monopusher Chronograph Heritage when it debuted last year, but this week we spent some time around New York City with a pair of these vintage chronos and here is is a more in-depth look at this lesser-known Bell & Ross.


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September 15 - October 15
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year to honor the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, México and Chile. Hispanic Americans also include those with South American, Cuban, and Puerto Rican origins. It is a time for all Hispanic Americans, our largest and fastest growing community, to celebrate their culture!
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute has chosen this year's theme to be "Building Our Future, Together." In honor of this month, here is a list of books, websites and videos that will help you learn more about Hispanic American history and culture. This includes juvenile fiction and nonfiction, young adult fiction and nonfiction, adult fiction and nonfiction, DVDs, and websites. All books and videos are available at the Norfolk Public Library.
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Chloe Jennings-White suffers from a rare psychological condition known as Body Integrity Identity Disorder. An able-bodied 58-year-old woman, Jennings-White fantasizes about being a paraplegic and wants to undergo spinal surgery to make her legs stop working, The Sun reported.
An overseas doctor agreed to perform the surgery, in which he would cut her sciatic and femoral nerves. But the operation would cost her nearly $25,000.
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Most sick people here in Rome perish for want of sleep, the illness itself having been produced by food lying undigested on a fevered stomach. For what sleep is possible in a lodging? Who but the wealthy get sleep in Rome? There lies the root of the disorder. The crossing of wagons in the narrow winding streets, the slanging of drovers when brought to a stand, would make sleep impossible for a Drusus--or a sea-calf.Yeah. Noise in cities is a wholly new phenomenon that started just in the last couple of decades.
Metafilter: a shockingly hostile mob of professors, old ladies and four-eyes who look ready to take it outside.Please, someone, make this movie.
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Olly Bridge crowned king at the Formula Kite European Championships
Mielno, is a large coastal village in north western Poland. A well known tourist destination with sandy beaches, it lies on a spit between the Baltic Sea and the large Jamno lake. Playing host to the Formula Kite European Championships, the world's greatest riders gathered for a 5 day showdown. Once again, the NKB team took to the start line on the new, 2015 North Race Ltd 69 which has proved its high performance abilities since it's release. Good conditions greeted the start of the event as the qualifiers got underway. NKB rider Olly Bridge led the fleet, and Blasco Ozog showed great form.
Day three saw lighter winds for the start of the Gold Fleet. Olly was dominating the ranks with Blasco in second. Unfortunately the diminishing conditions meant that only three races were run. Winning two out of the three races, Olly was 13 points clear of second place going into the final day of competition. Sadly on the fourth and final day of competition the wind failed to put in an appearance, and the medal series was abandoned. Blasco Ozog finished 9th and Olly, was crowned European Champion for a second year running in both the men's under 18 and men's under 21
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Stoked to scoop the AWSI 2014 Brand of the Year Award at the Surf Expo!
The Surf Expo is one of the biggest trade shows in the world with around 26,000 people attending the event. Hosted in Orlando Florida, it's the one-stop marketplace for the latest products and hottest trends within the Surf, Skate, Wake, SUP, Wind and Lifestyle industries. Over the few days of the event, brands showcase their upcoming season's products and often fly in their biggest International Team Riders and product designers to be part of the event.
This year, North Kiteboarding was there in full swing and with such a large team of riders, the US division (Sky Solbach, Colleen Carroll and Craig Cunningham) were there to lend a hand.
During the Expo, Industry leaders gathered to honour 2014's greatest at the 4th Annual Wind Industry Party, represented by the AWSI. Prizes such as Kiteboarding athlete, retailer and brand of the year were up for grabs and we are proud to say that we took home Brand Of The Year! Honoured by the acknowledgement from the US Kiteboarding industry we are exciting by the coming 2015 season. There to collect the award was Doug Hopkins, the North Kiteboarding-US distributor.
"The award means a lot to us at North Kiteboarding. We've won it in the past but every year we get it, it's a really good indication of the support the dealers are giving the brand. I'd like to thank the whole industry. The highlight of last year was introducing a new kite into the range; the Dice 2014 and as it continues forward in 2015, the whole line is really well rounded, there's something for every type of riding. The reason we can do this is with our two teams of kite designers and we're the only brand in the industry who has that. This enables us to really focus on each category of riding and make the perfect kite for everybody's riding style."
That's a wrap for 2014, North Kiteboarding is moving on to bigger and brighter things for 2015!
The video premier party that celebrated the new 2015 Vegas, goes down a storm!
WET Watersports drew in 500 revelers from the beaches of Tarifa as the evening kicked off with cool beers, mojitos and much anticipation to see the video. With the sun setting and the tunes pumping, familiar faces from the North Kiteboarding Team, Tom Court, Aaron Hadlow, Reno Romeu, Paula Novotna, Stefan Spiessberger, Angela Peral and an array of global National riders, rolled in to lend support and let their hair down. If you were wondering why so many riders were in town, the PKRA World Tour was in full swing, capitalising on the great winds Tarifa has to offer.
Appetites were satiated with an immense BBQ keeping energy levels high for the evening ahead. Longstanding Team Rider Jaime Herraiz sessioned the scene welcoming members to the event and band Echovolt took to the stage to get the party started.
As darkeness fell and energy levels soared Tom Court, Aaron Hadlow and Reno Romeu, took to the microphone to introduce the 2015 Vegas video. Premiered across the multiple screens set up throughout the venue, Pico Pix had a variety of their projectors beaming the images onto the white walls, so not only did the video wow the crowds, but the atmosphere was buzzing.
Not to pull the rip chord on the fun, Echovolt took to the stage once again rocking party goers further into the night. A band who performed their own original material, they pulled out some classic covers amping up the dance floor. To round off the night, Red Bull has parked their infamous DJ Hummer at the entrance to the venue. As the decks were spun and tunes pumped into the early hours of the morning, there was no doubt that the party was nothing less than a great success!
It will be a night to remember!
WET Watersports plays host to the new, 2015 VEGAS launch party - 4th Sept
Clear your schedules people and make sure you're in Tarifa, Spain for the 4th of September when WET Watersports and North Kiteboarding will be throwing the party of the year. Yes, that's right, a magnificent shindig to celebrate the launch of the new, 2015 Vegas and premier the video from our latest trip to the States. Tarifa is a world renowned hotspot for Kiteboarding drawing in enthusiasts all year round. During the hottest months of the year, watersports fanatics flock in their thousands to enjoy the outstanding conditions and endless summer vibes. If you haven't experience Tarifa in all it's glory; music, wind, sunshine and magnificent mojitos, then we suggest booking a flight asap to come and join us next week! Host to the event is WET Watersports shop & cafe. Headed up by longstanding Team Rider Jaime Herraiz, the shop is mesmerising with the hottest fashion, technical apparel and all the latest NKB gear. The WET Team all have fantastic knowledge of the NKB products, perfect for when you need some help choosing the right model for you. So, it's no surprise that the party will be held at the heart of Tarifa's Kiteboarding scene. The party will kick off with drinks and delicious food. As the sun goes down, Echovolt will be breaking into musical madness. DJ Pinsho Andrade will be spinning the decks later in the evening with riders such as Aaron Hadlow, Reno Romeu, Stephan Spiessberger and Tom Court there to enjoy the festivities. If you want to check out the new, 2015 Vegas video and have an evening to remember, make sure you're there!
19:00 Chiringuito will be open for drinks
20:00 Dinner starts
22:15 Echovolt live concert
22:45 Vegas video premiere
23.00 Echovolt live concert
24:30 DJ Pinsho Andrade
North Kiteboarding wins men and womans kite race world championship!
The Formula Kite Race World Championships took place on the Black Sea in Istanbul. Attracting the fastest men and women riders on the planet from over 20 countries, it was an impressive 5 day show of outstanding performance. Amongst our riders the new 2015 North Race Ltd 69 was the optimum weapon of choice, proving itself through its results, finishing consistently within the top 3 ranking.
The first two days of qualifiers saw the arrival of stronger winds, and riders rigging 11 – 15m Kites for a series of races which determined a Gold and Silver Fleet split for the days to follow. The Men's Race discipline was dominated by NKB Team Riders Olly Bridge and Maxim Moocher, with Blasco Ozog showing great form following Appendix surgery a few weeks prior to the event. In the Women's discipline, Steph Bridge showed a return to full power and performance, demonstrating from the get go that she was in it to win it!
As Racing got underway there were signs of history in the making, with a double victory for both mother (Steph) and son (Olly) looking promising. However, a bad decision on Kite choice cost Olly his World Title on Day 4. The Regatta was now in the hands of Maxime Nocher who progressed into Medal Race day with 14 points, a clear lead ahead of the other top three riders. All of the four Medal Races were won by Olly Bridge bringing him closer to the top three, but it wasn't enough to make up for the damage done the previous day.
It's clear to see that the fastest Team in the world right now is North Kiteboarding and they're unstoppable. Be sure to follow them next week when they head to the Kite Race European Championships in Poland.
Maxime Nocher 1st
Olly Bridge 3rd
Blasco Ozog 4th
Steph Bridge 1st
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There is now an entry in IRIS for propionaldehyde, CAS 123-38-6, so the BACnc is now 8 µg/m3 and the de minimis values are 4.3 pounds per hour and 3,840 pounds per year. The old values of 4 µg/m3 and 2.2 pounds per day and 1,920 pounds per year should no longer be used.
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Alfonso Cuarón
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2013: Best Director
- David O. Russell for American Hustle
- Alexander Payne for Nebraska
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- Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street
Alfonso Cuarón floated away with the Oscar for best director at the 86th Academy Awards for his work on the space drama Gravity (AAN), the script for which he cowrote with his son Jonás. He also won the award for best editing. The widely acclaimed film featured Sandra Bullock (AAN) and George Clooney as a pair of astronauts sent to repair a portion of the Hubble Space Telescope. While the two are maneuvering on the telescope, an exploding satellite sends a field of debris rocketing in their direction, destroying their shuttle and killing their colleagues. The two make their way to the International Space Station, which has also been damaged, but are unable to make use of its capsule to return to Earth. Bullock's character is ultimately left to make her way to the Chinese Tiangong space station alone, and she safely returns to Earth. Filmed largely on soundstages and later augmented with CGI, Gravity was remarked for balancing its spectacular technical achievement with an organic sensibility that kept the human experience at the fore.
Cuarón got his start in television directing in Mexico before moving into film. His first film, Sólo con tu pareja (1991; Love in the Time of Hysteria), led to further work in the United States. He directed several movies in English, including A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998), before returning to Spanish-language cinema with Y tu mamá también (2001; "And Your Mother Too"). That film, which he cowrote with his brother Carlos, became an international sensation and earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Cuarón then directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), an adaptation of the third installment in J.K. Rowling's blockbuster series, and Children of Men (2006), a dystopian thriller based on a novel by P.D. James. For the latter film, Cuarón was nominated for best adapted screenplay and best editing.
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Heartworm disease is common in Southwestern Ohio. More than 250,000 cases of heartworm disease were reported nationwide in 2004, of which almost 5000 cases were reported in Ohio. Heartworms are carried and transmitted to dogs and cats by mosquitoes. Heartworms are usually found in the caudal arteries. Higher numbers of heartworms present in the right ventricle and the atrium of the host's heart. These worms can lead to significant damage to the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. Adult heartworms can grow as long as 14 inches, and up to 250 worms can live in a pet at one time.
In dogs, it can be quite difficult to detect heartworm disease in the early stages. Bloodwork is required and recommended each year. Dogs with chronic heartworm disease often show signs of coughing, respiratory distress, exercise intolerance, abnormal lung sounds and sudden collapse or syncope, fluid in the lungs or abdomen and sudden death. In cats, acute heartworm can present with diarrhea, vomiting, blindness, seizures or sudden death. In chronic stages, cats often vomit and show signs of weight loss and anorexia.
As with many diseases, prevention is the best approach. It may take only one mosquito to infect your pet. If your pet tests positive for heartworm disease, treatment options may be available. For more information, read our full article, contact our office at (937) 293-1993 or visit the American Heartworm Society 's website: http://www.heartwormsociety.org
Fleas and Ticks are a constant problem in the Dayton area. Many clients believe that flea and tick prevention is no longer necessary in the cold winter months. However, the moderate winter does little to quell the life cycle of the flea or tick.
Our practice strongly recommends that a pet owner use flea and tick prevention on each pet monthly year round to avoid flea infestations and tick-borne infections, such as Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Ehrlichiosis, to name a few.
We are also proactive in the early detection and diagnosis of Lyme Disease and Ehrlichiosis. Due to the prevalence of heartworm and Lyme Disease both in our patients and the surrounding area, our practice screens pets for Lyme, Ehrlichiosis and heartworm diseases each year through a simple blood test that takes less than ten minutes.
During your pet's wellness visit every six months, our compassionate, knowledgeable veterinarians and friendly staff will be happy to review how to detect fleas and ticks on your pet and the importance of flea and tick treatment, control and prevention. Year round, monthly preventive is recommended on each pet in your home to avoid and prevent exposure to these parasites and their respective infectious diseases.
Click here to learn more or contact our office at (937) 293-1993 to schedule your pet's wellness examination and early disease detection process.
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RideOregonRide.com/Metolius is a site just for cyclists hosted by Travel Oregon. It shows restaurants, hotels and bike shops along the route. You can post comments and read posts from other cyclists.
Bridge near Camp Sherman Store closed from Oct. 15th - Dec. 30th. Click here For more info.
No signs are posted yet on this bikeway. Please refer to maps.
Metolius Loops newspaper article
This series of loops begins and ends at the historic Camp Sherman Store and Fly Shop on the beautiful Metolius River.
These loops vary in difficulty from a short family-friendly ride to an extensive 20+/- mile loop. With a few moderate exceptions, most of the riding is flat or rolling and perfect for a family-friendly ride.
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All loops along this route are paved roads maintained by the Forest Service. Shoulders are typically narrow and traffic and speeds are moderate on most stretches. Several stopping points along the routes offer potable water and restrooms. Cyclists will enjoy beautiful views at the Metolius Fish Overlook, both placid and breathtaking glimpses of the river, peek-a-boo views of Mt. Jefferson, and find great educational stopping points for picnics and hikes at the Headwaters, the Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery, and a variety of historical sites. These routes reflect the dynamic changes of each season; you will enjoy amazing greens of all hues in the spring and summer followed by stunning reds, yellows and oranges throughout the fall.
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A Tweet Too Far
Ariel Waldman's "Twitter Refuses to Uphold Terms of Service" makes a disturbing read and a depressing revelation.
To summarize: Twitter's Terms of Service (TOS), modeled on Flickr's, forbid one Twitter user to harass another. If you harass, you lose your account, according to the TOS. Yet Twitter user Ariel Waldman experienced painfully offensive harassment from another Twitter user for months. Unable to make him stop or to get help through normal Twitter channels, she escalated the issue to Twitter's CEO and asked him to fulfill Twitter's Terms of Service, i.e. to warn or ban the harasser. Instead of dealing with the harassment, the CEO decided to alter Twitter's TOS. (Alter them to what, one wonders.)
One expects corporations to behave in cowardly and callowly self-interested ways, but one expects more from one's heroes and friends.
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77 Responses to "A Tweet Too Far"
Edward Atkinson said on 22 May 2008 at 5:09 pm:
Why are they standing in their boots, afraid to take concrete action in the face of conflict? This is a pretty show of cowardice indeed.
Perhaps they have convinced themselves that they are upholding free speech so that they may hide behind inaction, letting "freedom" take its course. Lame.
The definition of a group or person can be found in their actions, and comparably their inaction.
A shame that Twitter has now taken a full year long to define themselves in the wimpiest of ways.
Phil Nash said on 22 May 2008 at 5:10 pm:
This really is a shame. I hope that the spreading of this story will cause them to rethink and ban those that harass. I can't believe that going all the way to the CEO still didn't result in a positive move by Twitter.
Complaining about up time and how Twitter crashes all the time is nothing, but failure to uphold TOS and protect a user is a serious issue.
Erin said on 22 May 2008 at 5:13 pm:
Mike D. said on 22 May 2008 at 5:14 pm:
I think the saddest part is this:
"Jack explained that they're scared to ban someone because they're scared if it turned into a lawsuit that they are too small of a company to handle it."
What a complete misunderstanding of the law and community management that statement reflects.
This is the golden rule for private operators of websites: You can ban anyone you want, at any time, for any reason according to most modern Terms of Service policies. It's no different than the old sign that's been up in retail shops for probably 100 years now: "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone".
The fact that fear of a lawsuit over banning a user is even coming up shows a startling lack of understanding. If you're going to get sued for anything, as the operator of a community website, it's going to be negligence or *in*-action when something terrible like a stalking death occurs… not too *much* action.
Kevin said on 22 May 2008 at 5:24 pm:
@Mike D
That's how I understood things as well. I wonder what's the reasoning twitter's lawyers had for not taking action?
Jon said on 22 May 2008 at 5:27 pm:
Reading Ariel's post made me genuinely feel for her, and incredulous at the same time. The response from Twitter is ridiculously weak. Some of the taunting comments on Ariel's blog are equally perverse. Such people are pitiful. This is why it's even more important that she does not delete her account, as some have suggested, and that we as a community act to counter people like her stalker. I'm glad you highlighted the issue.
Tim Murtaugh said on 22 May 2008 at 5:30 pm:
Another interesting example of Twitter's behavior regarding its TOS: When having the same name as a rap star means you're violating Twitter's Terms of Service… and you're left feeling kind of violated
Foster said on 22 May 2008 at 5:41 pm:
Seems some in-house training is needed at Twitter (with a special invite to some of Waldman's commenters), first up is "Free Speech: What it IS. What it ISN'T."
I think Waldman's experience is actually rather scary. It must be unbelievably stressful to experience this kind of attack, but then to be left to fend for yourself…
Nice going Twitter.
Josh Stodola said on 22 May 2008 at 6:23 pm:
Twitter is scared to ban somebody because they might come back with a law suit?! They should get sued for not being able to scale the damn application! God, what a worthless company. QUIT USING TWITTER!
CSSquirrel » Blog Archive » Twitter Behaving Badly said on
22 May 2008 at 6:43 pm:
[...] not going to write a massive post on the topic, as much more eloquent people than I already have. However, I'll explain the essence of it. Twitter user Arial Waldman described recently in [...]
RayMcK said on 22 May 2008 at 6:49 pm:
John said on 22 May 2008 at 8:35 pm:
I am thinking Arial should be able to sue twitter for negligence, breach of contract (in essence what a ToS is), failure to take responsible action, etc. Then again, I am not a lawyer. Why don\'t we launch a counter attack against the guy attacking her? Get everyone with a twitter acount to not stop pester the guy till he closes his own account. What\'s twitter going to do, ban us?
Robert Fauver said on 22 May 2008 at 9:17 pm:
Come on Twitter CEO does Carl Ichan have your ear or something? Maybe a similar letter should be written to you.
Ryan Cannon said on 22 May 2008 at 9:21 pm:
Another interesting example of Twitter's behavior regarding its TOS
You'll note that Twitter did the right thing with regards to http://twitter.com/mims, I'm sure they'll get this right eventually.
Evan Williams said on 22 May 2008 at 9:52 pm:
You're one of my heroes. And it's disappointing to me that you would take such an absolute position on this, without hearing more than one side of the story.
Have you (or anyone else here) actually *seen* the content that is so clearly "harassment"? We did when Ariel complained about it, and we made a call. While these things are rarely black and white, the objectionable content wasn't even close, in our view, of being account-delete-worthy.
Secondly, the statement, "Instead of dealing with the harassment, the CEO decided to alter Twitter's TOS" is a falsity. We didn't deal with the "harassment," because we didn't consider it harassment. We are changing the TOS (which was a project in the works *before* any of this went down) in order to clarify our policy.
People are people, and they'll fight. And it'll be messy. Every company has to decide how to deal with this when it happens on their platform, and a different stance is completely legitimate. We're taking the one that we think is best for Twitter and Twitter users, long-term.
(For more on our stance, see: Biz's post here.)
Aaron Mills said on 22 May 2008 at 11:24 pm:
Wow this is getting interesting. I love blogdrama
Ara Pehlivanian said on 23 May 2008 at 12:19 am:
I don't get it. Couldn't she just block the person? Am I missing something here?
Ara Pehlivanian said on 23 May 2008 at 12:27 am:
P.S.: Something else that makes the Ariel vs. Twitter saga kind of unique is how accessible Ev et al. are. You think Zuckerberg would be getting his hands dirty if this were happening on Facebook? (read: phalanx of lawyers)
I think the fact that Ev is in the trenches posting comments on blogs about this is pretty avant guard, open and transparent. Dare I even say, vulnerable.
AJ said on 23 May 2008 at 1:39 am:
@Evan Ariel has given examples. She was called a cunt, a crack whore etc. Is that not abuse? And if it is, are you saying that she is making up those expletives directed at her?
Yes no one has seen the content, so how about you come out and DO present the offensive content?
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Roho said on 23 May 2008 at 3:35 am:
I must say that I am totally on the side of Evan Williams. It strikes me as odd that you (being one of my web hero's as well) would judge the story after hearing only one side of it.
Having heard Evan Williams side of the story I get the feeling that there hardly IS a story and surely not any to make such an outrage over.
Although, there are some valid remarks in your post I don;t think that these apply here.
Bill Heaton said on 23 May 2008 at 4:21 am:
I was really shocked by the post on this. Mean people should be banned or set their IP to redirect to a mirror site where every post automatically inserts their name and quotes the language they used to harass someone. The internet is still a bit of the wild west, right. Give 'em a taste of their own medicine and see how they like ranking in SERPs for their own choice of words.
Ariel Waldman » Blog Archive » Twitter responds said on
23 May 2008 at 5:24 am:
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vjo said on 23 May 2008 at 6:34 am:
Sad and surprising, and it also reminded me that I reported a hate speach (nazi / white power) twitterer over a month ago. I did not receive a reply, and looking it up again today shows that the account is still up and running..
Warshaw said on 23 May 2008 at 8:28 am:
To those taking sides: remember that both Ariel and the Twitter folks are people that most of us do not know personally. While we want to believe what either side says, we have no way of knowing who's telling the truth. I think we should wait and see how it plays out instead of taking sides without proof. Yes, it seems unlikely that a person would invent what Ariel has described, but then, I don't know Ariel, and stranger things have happened in my life. I want to believe her because hers is the only side of the story that could conjure sympathy and outrage if true, but I would be irresponsible if I accepted what I read on the Internet without fact-checking.
Dave M said on 23 May 2008 at 9:38 am:
I don't know any more about this issue than what I've read here, but isn't the key to harrassment the fact that one person FEELS harrassed and wishes it to STOP?
Mike Cherim said on 23 May 2008 at 10:03 am:
I read that this morning. It's absolutely appalling.
Rich Strucke said on 23 May 2008 at 10:47 am:
If Twitter is taking the "we are a utility (like the phone)" stand, then that should have been expressed in the TOS when the harassment took place rather than "forbid one Twitter user to harass another".
Keith LaFerriere said on 23 May 2008 at 11:42 am:
Since the alleged incidents occurred during the "rule" of the old TOS, it should be addressed as such. Seeing both sides of this story in their entirety may never happen, but I do think there's a definite lack of communication on the part of Twitter management (people who are well-liked and respected via previous interaction).
Either way, people are taking sides for what they deem to be closest to the truth which is expected. Good luck to anyone who feels that they've been abused; this should never happen. And, conversely, good luck to Twitter in regaining the trust of a portion of its base; even if it's not as big a problem, you've taken a hit on this one.
Rusty said on 23 May 2008 at 12:15 pm:
This case is a strong example of doing the right thing the first time. With the knowledge that, yes, we only know one side, in the absence of a strong case for the other, we can assume that the evidence given is at least in some way accurate. That being the case, it is interesting to see Twitter scramble from blog to blog to blog in an attempt to stop the chorus of disgust at their spinelessness in this issue. Pretending that they are simply a tool and not a community concedes a complete lack of understanding of how people communicate and ultimately co-exist. Unless correctly managed (which includes taking responsibility in this case rather than blaming the victim), Twitter is indeed sitting in a precarious position.
Ed Finkler said on 23 May 2008 at 12:53 pm:
You are surely conscious of the influence you have. Do you think maybe it would have been better to ask Ev what was up, and give him a bit of time to respond to you, before posting this?
Matt Radel said on 23 May 2008 at 1:00 pm:
Man, with this and the constant downtime, I'm getting really hacked off with Twitter. Clearly they're growing wayyyy too fast and can't cope. I'm starting to wish that someone would create a copycat service that actually works consistently and protects its users.
Joe Clark said on 23 May 2008 at 3:37 pm:
This is the kind of shit that killed Friendster. Twitter could be next.
John said on 23 May 2008 at 3:45 pm:
Sorry, dude you are not a utility like the phone company! You are a business, like any other, even AT&T and Verizon have policies for harassment like that. There are laws regarding that kind of harassment, and phone companies have a dept that deals with law engforcement agencies, and harassers.
If you want to pretend to be a utility you can be regulated by every states Public Utilities Commision, and the FCC. Sorry, this would be a $250,000 fine for failure to abide by you contractual obligation (ToS). If you want to change your ToS you have to get it approved by all the states regulatory boards, and the FCC.
You sure you want to go there?
If I owned a record shop and a male customer followed a female customer around calling her a cunt, and crackwhore, I would forcefully remove them from my business, and make sure they know they are not welcome back. At the very least you could have told the other user they are on a final warning.
To me its not a two sides to the issue, and user called you out, and now you are essentially calling her a liar. Can you privide as much detail as she has? I haven't seen it. If you feel that those terms are not harassing then I will never use twitter, end of story.
RayMcK said on 23 May 2008 at 3:55 pm:
@John. Thank you for clearly articulating what's been rattling around my melon for the last 24 hours.
ben said on 23 May 2008 at 4:59 pm:
Ev, to dither about the ambiguity of the harassment is ingenuous. I will not weigh in about the alleged changes to the ToS, as I read community ToS's as "don't be a prick" and let the rubber hit the road.
Ariel's characterization is as follows:
1. When you're a community, some of your users will fling proverbial poo at other users.
2. It's become common (if not standard) practice to err on the side of the target in banning poo-flinging users from the community.
3. Twitter has categorically refused to exercise that caution, despite implying in public that doing so fits their culture.
In her shoes, I'd feel cheated too.
Get your story straight – either you want an Wild-West-ish free-speech zone, or you want to defend targets, in so doing nurturing the participation of the more thoughtful and visible members of your community.
…And then there's the ad hominem aspect of it – once that happens, a target with an interest in reputation management is more or less forced to lock their account to un-approved users, the consequences of which I'm certain you can grasp without a detailed explanation.
Ariel was a good sport, and refused to feed the troll. When the maleficience became intolerable, she asked for help.
She didn't get that help…
Even when a simple e-mail to the trolling user stating "we're watching you, cool it" probably would've done worlds of good. At best they'd've stopped. At worst they'd've up set sock puppets to continue their misbehavior, which surely would've resulted in drastic measures. Right?
Instead, the bottom line spelt out to the community has been "sorry, we're too busy worrying about scale to address our users well at an interpersonal level." (Seriously. Let's do a word count and calls to, or announcements of, action.)
Y'all's dilemma is that you need both infrastructure and users to keep the community going. As it stands, you don't get to pick and choose.
Twitters Issues - Russ Wittmann said on
23 May 2008 at 5:02 pm:
[...] not a mobster or part of a mob nor is zeldman, or for that matter anyone else that has blogged about [...]
Noel Jackson said on 23 May 2008 at 5:20 pm:
If you are a company of integrity, you'll build a product of integrity, and make sure that your community upholds that integrity. Your community at this point is now a reflection of you and your company's integrity.
"Integrity is the basing of one's actions on an internally consistent framework of principles."
Twitter's framework of principles is diluted and irresponsible.
Joe said it best: "This is the kind of shit that killed Friendster."
My fear of the social web is becoming more real every day. I suppose it's a realization that the web is just another tool in the criminal's bag of tricks?
Evan Williams said on 23 May 2008 at 5:22 pm:
@john: "Can you provide as much detail as she has?"
I can provide more. And I can provide the things she left out. Will reply in a little while.
Russ said on 23 May 2008 at 5:33 pm:
we all await you response,hopefuly we wont have long wait
Russ said on 23 May 2008 at 5:46 pm:
damn iPhone type… @EV: What I meant to say is we all await your response, and hopefuly it won't be a long wait. I do have a question too, are you talking to your lawyers about your responses, wouldn't want a lawsuit, seems to be a concern of yours correct?
Foster said on 23 May 2008 at 5:50 pm:
First, kudos to you for entering the fray and addressing this issue directly.
I read the Biz Stone response and my reaction was, "Cop Out." I wondered if Waldman's charge of harrassment was even given Twitter's serious attention.
While the disclosure of additional information may be useful for people to understand Twitter's choices, you run the risk of others interpreting that information differently. In the light of user reaction, it may be time for Twitter to stop defending its actions/inaction and evalute whether—in hindsight—the correct path was chosen.
As you said, you're still figuring it out.
Shelley said on 23 May 2008 at 6:06 pm:
Is it Twitter's job, then, to censor how customers use the service, and what words they use? Words are just words — they only hurt when you let them.
Harassment has to do with actions that are expressly taken in order to drive someway away from a course, event, or stand. In the case of Twitter, drive someone away from using Twitter we presume. All we see here is that she was called some words. You know, probably all of us have been called words we don't like. Probably more than once–anyone that takes any kind of a strong stand will be called "words".
Ariel doesn't feel threatened. Her only complaint was that some of the communications might show up on Google. I'm sorry, but that's too bloody bad. Again, if you write online and take a strong or controversial stand, you're probably going to have nasty things said about you. And yes, they will show up on Google. You counter these by all the good things others write about you. It all equals out in the wash.
In addition, from my understanding, you can block people who you don't like in Twitter. Block them so they can't see your twits, as well as block them from showing in whatever feed shows who is communicating with you. This seemed to me to be a reasonable response to take. Why was this not sufficient?
This was a piss poor flag around which to rally. This is more about PR than true harassment. You're talking about kicking someone off a service for no other reason than they called another person a "name". Is this really what you want from the internets, Jeffrey?
But from a salacious, snoopy point of view (and yes, I feel so ashamed, I really do), I'm also looking forward to Ev's post with more juicy detail.
Evan Williams said on 23 May 2008 at 6:26 pm:
I have a list of 13 tweets that Ariel sent us as examples of the abuse from the account she wanted banned. According to our records, this is everything she sent us, except for those from the "confessions" account, which Ariel says was not the main problem. (I couldn't look those up, because the posts themselves were deleted before we could look at them.)
I would *love* to post the whole file of these examples. I think it would clear a lot of things up. Unfortunately, since this content is the source of all this strife, and it's now off the Internet, that seems…well, not quite right.
What I will tell you is this:
Out of these posts, exactly one mentions Ariel by name. It calls her "experienced." The others do not personally identify Ariel.
One of them uses the word "cunt" (with a quote, presumably from Ariel). None contain either "crack" or "whore." None contain threats, physical or otherwise. Most are insults about physical or personality attributes without referring to anyone specifically. If you were following both Ariel and the account of this woman when these posts were made, it may have been clear who she was referring to. Out of that context, you would probably have no clue. But even if they would have mentioned Ariel by name, most of them are not actionable, because we don't have a rule against insulting people or hurting their feelings.
Caveat: Many of the examples she sent us were from Flickr. I didn't look at all of these, because…well, we don't run Flickr.
Our stance is this: We stand by our TOS. We have deleted accounts for abuse of various kinds. We had to make a judgement call here, as one does in all such cases. This didn't meet the bar for being banned, in our opinion.
You can disagree with our judgment call. And that's fine. But you're choosing to do that without seeing the content, and someone has very carefully painted a picture that has misled many people. (One might ask why Ariel didn't post the full tweets in order to strengthen her case.)
Even if you do disagree with our judgment call, this is not an argument about whether or not we're enforcing our TOS; this is an argument about how we define "harassment" or "abuse."
Evan Williams said on 23 May 2008 at 6:45 pm:
One more thing:
@Russ: "…a lawsuit, seems to be a concern of yours correct?"
No, not correct. That is a total red herring that was probably constructed to make us look like a cowardly corporation (clever!).
Not that we can't be sued — sure, we can. But that has not motivated our actions here.
Mike D. said on 23 May 2008 at 7:05 pm:
Ev: My negative reaction to this came only after I read the passage about Jack (allegedly) telling Ariel that he was afraid to ban people because of the threat of lawsuits. If this reasoning was never put forth by the company, I take back my criticism entirely. As mentioned above, an operator of an online community has the inalienable right to either ban or not-ban any user for any reason (or none at all) at any time they want. The law plays no part in this decision.
Whether a banning takes place should be mostly a business decision and in optional cases, an ideological one. If Twitter simply thought the tweets didn't rise to the level of a TOS violation, then it's Twitter's right to do nothing, and the market will decide whether or not that decision was a net positive or net negative. If Twitter did think this rose to the level of a TOS violation though, they should not hesitate to ban with prejudice.
Shelley said on 23 May 2008 at 7:19 pm:
Sigh, no juicy detail. You know Ev, I think your comment was the first that mentioned that the harasser was a woman. Shouldn't matter, but it is interesting.
I'm sure I'll not rate a response, but do you consider that this event was inspired, in part, because Ariel works for a competitor of yours?
John said on 23 May 2008 at 7:32 pm:
EW, thank you for your response, I appreciate your candor. If, what you say is true, then you have a great slander and liable case… most of the evidence for that is far beyond the ability to delete. But that would be a disastrous PR move for Twitter.
I will suspend my own judgment, and await an outcome. It is true there are two sides to every story, but this has become an ugly he said, she said, and in most cases nothing good ever comes of them in this forum.
In my business we try to settle these things in close door meetings, so we don't go to arbitration, or court. My advice would be to try to find an amicable solution to the situation. What will make her happy, and makes Twitter shine? What will make the blogging/twittering communities happy?
as to this is an argument about how we define "harassment" or "abuse." In ALL cases I have been involved with, its not how the company defines it, it is defined as Did the victim FEEL harassed.
Of course, if what Shelley said about Arial working for a competitor has any merrit, sue away my friend, sue away.
Twitter: A community or a utility? » mathewingram.com/work | said on
23 May 2008 at 7:46 pm:
[...] comment by Ev Williams on this issue at a post by Jeffrey Zeldman. People have to ask themselves: do they want the Twitter folks to focus on fixing the service? Or catering to the sensitive needs of the dear, little community. "Oh no, precious dear. Were thou feelings hurt? Let me kiss them, make them better." Because lord knows, the rest of the internet is such a polite, and safe place to be. reply — You are replying anonymously. Login [...]
Don Ulrich said on 23 May 2008 at 7:48 pm:
There are two sides to every story. The line that EW is straddling
is commendable. That is her side. I wonder what the other side is? A good friend told me this: "Don't trust anyones content."
Is someone that naive to use a social service and not expect
creeps, weirdos, and perverts? The world can be a creepy place.
Social networking is nothing new, the same trolls killed CB radio way back when. Nothing has changed.
Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service said on
23 May 2008 at 8:02 pm:
[...] 24, 2008 00:01 // Ev WIlliams posted some very JUICY facts that deconstruct her entire story http://www.zeldman.com/2008/05/22/a-t… I'm pooping this solves the problem Add a comment This solves the problem [...]
Slashdot | Blogger Incites Outcry Over Twitter Harassment said on
23 May 2008 at 8:13 pm:
[...] (where's the full disclosure that the blogger crying out works for Pownce, a twitter competitor?), right here [zeldman.com]. # I have a list of 13 tweets that Ariel sent us [...]
Mary Wallace said on 23 May 2008 at 8:17 pm:
Always blame the 'sensitive' woman, without addressing publicly the substantive complaint. "Words" have brought down large and small corporations, my friend, so I wouldn't be flip about what words were used. In Sexual harassment cases, the words used have weight in court. What about the WHORE tweet sent two days ago. What about the CELL PHONE IN THE VAGINA? What about the LESBIAN PORN, all in caps? I object to the continued screaming of WHORE at her, by name. That is what should have ended in a very quick letter from Twitter to the harasser, then if it continued, as it has, a ban which is clearly approved in the TOS. You are so quick to undue the TOS, as it serves you. I, and every single Twitter user online now, agreed to abide by it, why don't you? Ah, you are quick to diminish the value of words, as evidenced by your own betrayal of your own TOS.
Popular blogger ignites uproar over Twitter harassment | The Social - CNET News.com said on
23 May 2008 at 8:33 pm:
[...] like Evan Williams deconstructed her story. Turns out it's not entirely truthful (?) http://www.zeldman.com/2008/05/22/a-tweet-too-far/#comment-37320 >>and someone has very carefully painted a picture that has misled many people. (One might [...]
Twitter: A community or a utility? » mathewingram.com/work | said on
23 May 2008 at 8:38 pm:
[...] Shelley notes in a comment, Ev Williams of Twitter has responded in a comment on Jeffrey Zeldman's blog, in which he says that Ariel submitted a total of 13 [...]
anon said on 23 May 2008 at 8:47 pm:
She's a girl and we have to be concerned about teh girls and all men are teh rap3rs and K4thy sierra!!!
Ariel Waldman said on 23 May 2008 at 8:52 pm:
@Evan Williams – I've been through enough hell from this relentless stalker — but I have the content, even more than I've mentioned. It sounds like you're alluding to me not having evidence, when the reality is that I have multitudes of evidence linking this person to a harassment campaign that you didn't disclose because *Twitter never followed up and asked for it*. I feel like if Twitter had been on top of this issue from the beginning and sat down with me to go over what to do together, it could have been resolved amicably. Instead, the choices Twitter made were to hide behind lawyers and technical definitions of harassment. It is only now, months later, does Twitter seem to care about the actual content of the messages.
Also, I feel like Jack's story is missing in all of this. I don't appreciate my statement about my phone conversation with Jack being called a red herring to make Twitter seem cowardly. Jack did say that Twitter was worried about being sued for banning someone. The conversation I had with Jack I feel was a nice, calm conversation and I thanked him for taking the time to talk to me.
Darren said on 23 May 2008 at 9:24 pm:
Pownce is brought to you by a bunch of geeks who were frustrated trying to send stuff from one cube to another.
The team consists of Leah Culver, Mike Malone, Daniel Burka, Kevin Rose, Ariel Waldman, and Shawn Allen (in that order below). Together, we formed a wee company with a great big name, Megatechtronium, that makes this software.
I'm sure there is no writer bias what so ever.
charlie said on 23 May 2008 at 9:48 pm:
What a joke. A reknown blogger tries to shuffle backwards, only to be caught in her own web of lies. Frankly, I would not be surprised if Twitter took her to the proverbial woodshed over this smear campaign.
Jillian said on 23 May 2008 at 10:08 pm:
I have not followed this story from the get-go, nor do I really care about the facts. I think it's pathetic of Twitter, or those involved at Twitter, to be "afraid" of lawsuits from a harasser, if that is in fact true.
Calling someone a cunt is harassment, period (at least in the U.S., and I believe that both harasser and harassee are from there). If Twitter's TOS indeed claimed to protect users from harassment, then they have truly failed at doing so.
Will I stop using Twitter? No. Do I think Ariel Waldman has perhaps abused her position to get attention? Yes. But as a woman, I absolutely don't stand for the male staff at Twitter making a call that calling a woman a "cunt" is not harassment.
Shelley said on 23 May 2008 at 11:07 pm:
Jilian: "Calling someone a cunt is harassment, period (at least in the U.S., and I believe that both harasser and harassee are from there."
No, it is not. It is nothing more than using a derogatory term against another. Whether you're horrified about it happening or not, or think that words are the worst things we can throw at one another, it is still nothing more than a word and as such, only has power when we give it power.
Ariel mentions about this other woman "stalking" her for years. There are anti-stalking laws, and as such she should resolve this issue with the police. If she were physically threatened, then she should do the same. Additionally, I have no doubts, whatsoever that Ev would have closed the account down if she–or anyone for that matter–was physically threatened.
But Ariel wanted this account closed down because this women called her a name, said insulting things about her. Whatever goes on elsewhere is not the responsibility of Ev or Twitter, so let's focus on what she did in Twitter–she called Ariel a name, and said insulting things about her.
If we women fall and fold and run and flee, to this authority or that to "protect us" every time someone calls us a name, then we will be falling and folding and running and fleeing every damn day of our lives.
In the comments here and elsewhere, I am not defending Twitter's actions–I'm defending women. Every time an event like this happens, it sends a signal that we women are vulnerable to "names". That we can be banished, sent fleeing, just by being called a "name". We will never stop being called names until we stand, turn, and spit in the faces of those who seek to spend little effort for great return.
Conferences that have only male speakers, men only on top weblog lists, women not given the respect our due–these hurt us. Names, are nothing more than words from simple minds, incapable of greater argument.
In particular, once Ariel took the job with a Twitter competitor, the rules of the game changed. The fact that all of this arose after the job, rather than before must be weighed in this particular debate.
As for the "harasser", get a lawyer, Ariel, or go to the police. Don't fight your battles bit by bit in every social network you belong to. Don't ask us to fight your battles for you. We have our own.
Phillip Kerman said on 23 May 2008 at 11:28 pm:
I don't know if I get it: I THINK the official word from twitter is that this user did nothing wrong. I'd think a much better policy would be to ban anyone that receives a complaint but provide a way for them to dispute it. Err on the side of banning people. If the argument against this is that they don't want to get in the middle of things–well, obviously, they've gotten in the middle of this one.
The whole "we're a utility" argument is laughable. What about the ISPs and hosting companies–what are they? Chopped liver? I mean really, you can't have it both ways: have user account rules and then step back and not enforce them.
Ultimately, I think there's a bunch of wrong people on this issue… and even my opinion could be wrong. It's time for someone to just sue someone already and let our legal system work it out. A bunch of web folks opinions here are very interesting but lack legal experience (mine included).
Dreama said on 23 May 2008 at 11:54 pm:
Barring a denial from someone at Twitter that Jack did relay to Ariel that no action would be taken against this person because a.) Twitter did not deem her actions to be harassment and b.) Twitter feared a lawsuit if they banned her, I'm still coming down on the side of "Twitter screwed this one up."
I'm curious what is harassment to Twitter, if this isn't. I'm also curious why the lawsuit matter is being ignored. For all the bloghopping to explain, there really isn't transparency here.
debutaunt said on 23 May 2008 at 11:59 pm:
Honestly, I did follow this when it was going on from the beginning because I was not feeling well and a bit bored.
I can't understand how someone who uses the phrase "Chitty Chitty Gang Bang" as part of her blog would be concerned about her reputation if someone Googled her. I've been stalked in real life by a truly dangerous person, not some name caller. It's scary.
I also know someone who has been stalked and e-harassed online. I can't imagine putting it all out on the internet. Restraining order was filed. Police involved. When you start blogging and spreading the word all over the place, all you are doing is giving the harasser some attention. You let them know it's bothering you. I don't feed trolls. I thought this could have been handled with a little more tact. Really concerned, well you should have had your attorney contact Twitter to deal with it instead of blogging it. I hate Whinese.
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Prokofy Neva said on 24 May 2008 at 12:22 am:
I heartily applaud Ev Williams. His post here is superb. He has done exactly the right thing. Twitter cannot be mobbed by people calling themselves the fake "community" — there is no such thing. It must be many things to many people using it in many different ways. The lynch mobs and the hanging tree on "Get Satisfaction" has been despicable to behold, along with the smarmy little posts from the mods.
Even aside from the specifics of this case, the issue really does hang on interpretation of harassment, not "failure to enforce the TOS" by the lights of this or that huffy and neuralgic patron who believes they've been dissed. Harassment has to rise to a much higher threshold than –as Ev has very aptly put it — hurt feelings and being called a name.
And that's just the point — really serious stalking and harassing with incitement or threat of violence in real life to a real person at a real address is the sort of thing that your lawyer and local police deal with, not a social media platform. And what doesn't rise to that test and is just annoying griefing can be deal with by *not following yourself on track or summize*. It's just that simple. Read only people you follow and stop craning your neck to gawk at your vanity feed and you will have less whiplash.
I sincerely hope Ev does NOT start a "block track" function precisely because I think it will mean that news aggregators like News Gang or Scobleizer will be able to get away with sanitizing their tracks free of criticism or alternative opinion and then feed that back as "the news" — which is scary stuff in a world where mainstream media is dwindling and *they're it*.
That's what this is about. It's about keeping the new media free, so that it does not become something worse than the old media, inaccessible to dissent or alternative opinions and presentation of different facts than the norm. If "the community" is to dictate what is acceptable and only spoon-feed itself happy little pablums, then it is worse than mainstream media, which at least had a vision of serving the public interest and vetting material through responsible editorial boards.
Prokofy Neva said on 24 May 2008 at 12:30 am:
Ariel, you truly need to be called to account. If you had a problem with a stalker BEFORE Twitter, why on earth are you trying to harness the Twitter reading public to your person battles?! That's just inappropriate and manipulative. If you developed a stalker problem while only using Twitter, why did you continue to stare at these posts in your vanity feed? If you are that vulnerable to upset, why track your name? If you cannot take the rough and tumble of a huge public discourse, why not go back to talking to your friends inside AIM or Facebook?
I've been called far worse things on other pages and on Twitter; I've had real nasty physical threats and vows by creeps to come punch me out in real life. I never reported this to Twitter, however, because if the threats are that serious, I need to go to my police, and not fool around waiting for a large and busy social media site to figure out their TOS.
But…they are just empty threats and name-calling by the usual insecure lame Internet loons that exist everywhere. I don't believe you get rid of them by borking and nerfing the entire platform around them and making it less free for everybody.
It is not against the Constitution to call people names; indeed; it is held up by the Constitution (Times v. Sullivan) for public figures. And thank God for it. Where will the First Amendment take place, if it doesn't take place here, where people are?
I also fully support what Shelley is saying. I think it's totally relevant that she's pointing out that we're being enlisted into a bit-by-bit battle that is beyond Twitter and beyond fixing by banning this or that account. I believe strongly in fighting back and exposing people like this continually, not by wilting and running and trying to get them banned. There is a kind of received wisdom that you shouldn't publicize griefers or "feed trolls" (a term I reject completely); but we never say that about real-life terrorists like bin Ladn, whose every tape is publicized and scrutinizied. Cyber bullies should be exposed and condemned in the same way.
debutaunt said on 24 May 2008 at 12:45 am:
Great post Prokofy Neva. I learned not to "feed trolls" (lame term) because what ends up happening is that you spend all of your time addressing their attempts to upset you. I try not to waste space in my blog, nor my energy, time, emotion or even one breath on these idiots.
I've been like that for a long while, but a few years ago I was diagnosed with leukemia and had a stem cell transplant (2 yrs remission), so now all of my time is even more precious to me. I spend it doing things I enjoy, spending time with loved ones, and having a good laugh every day. Life is way too short to spend it writing long drawn out blog posts addressing the losers of the internet. And if I feel like writing something, I do and just leave it at that. I don't spend days addressing comments back and forth. Gosh, how stressful.
The internet is a mixed blessing. But I find it much more positive than anything; perhaps it is an attitude thing?
P.S. I own up to the names people have called me (or things I've called myself). I think they are funny: Cuntzilla, Bitchkateer, Osama deb Ladin, Whore-iffic, etc. If you don't give them power over you, they don't bother you.
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aimee.mychores.co.uk said on 24 May 2008 at 3:58 am:
Twitter, i do hope you know what you're doing. As far as i can see it does not matter whether Ariel Waldman's claims are founded or not. What matters is the way you react to foul abuse, harassment and racial hatred, all of which i have recently seen on Twitter. People have been taking advantage of the fact that you are turning a blind eye and trying to push to see how far they can go and get away with it. You seem to be saying it's all okay. If that is the case, Twitter, i am disgusted at you and i want nothing more to do with you.
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DBL said on 24 May 2008 at 11:59 am:
I find Twitter's and Evan Williams's replies to this to be repugnant, an attempt to smear the victim with things that aren't really very relevant to the issue at hand, and completely unconvincing. (You're a utility — riiiiiiight. That'll never fly in court, pal. Even what we tend to think of as 'true' utilities like ISPs sometimes have trouble associating themselves with water and electricity successfully — a visit-by-choice website with no hardware into anybody's home, like Twitter, *never* will. Twitter is getting very bad legal advice indeed. Give up this legal strategy before it destroys your reputation.)
If Twitter is not going to ban users for repeated harassment then their competitive goals will simply *never* be achieved.
So, to sum up: Twitter is its own worst enemy in more ways than one, and is clearly not competent to handle the kind of community that it has attracted, also in more ways than one. Furthermore, they clearly have lied to Ariel Waldman on several occasions since the statements that they have made (and even Evan Williams did not deny those statements to Ariel were made in his rather ugly and telling attempt to smear her credibility) simply cannot be reconciled with each other.
Twitter could not possibly have come out of this looking worse.
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Researchers at the School of Social Sciences have joined forces with internet giants Google in a bid to help understand 'hate speech' on social media like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
The Cardiff Online Social media ObServatory (COSMOS) - an innovative interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Social Sciences and the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University – has secured an ESRC-Google Data Analytics Research grant to examine the character of hate speech on-line.
The proliferation of so-called 'hate speech' in social media is an area of growing concern as recent high profile events confirm. For the social sciences, the migration of hate speech to social media platforms affords new opportunities to study hateful and antagonistic behaviours in order to understand the impact of social media and to identify ways in which agencies can respond more effectively to its threats and consequences.
This project aims to study the 'social media ecosystem' to better understand how the complex combination of user behaviours, global communication networks, and flows of information interact to promote hateful and socially disruptive content.
The project involves advice and team mentoring from Google. The inter-disciplinary project team includes academics from the Cardiff School of Social Sciences (William Housley, Matthew Williams, Adam Edwards, and Jeff Morgan), from the Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics (Pete Burnap and Omer Rana), from the Cardiff School of Mathematics (Vincent Night) and from the Universities of Warwick (Rob Procter) and St. Andrews (Alex Voss).
Dr Pete Burnap, Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics, and co-investigator on the project said: "The main deliverable of the project will be a computational tool, informed by social science knowledge, that will allow users to forecast the spread of hateful content over digital networks, providing an opportunity for intervention before such content 'goes viral' potentially causing harm to individuals, minority groups and communities."
Dr William Housley from the Cardiff School of Social Sciences who is leading the project said: "This is an innovative project that will generate computational social scientific insight into antagonistic online behaviour. The project will empirically explore the balance between community, social cohesion, identity and freedom of speech within digital society, economy and culture.
"Policy makers, commercial providers and relevant agencies require empirical data and social scientific interpretation in order to shape policy formulation, intervention and inform wider debates about the emerging contours, rights and obligations of digital citizenship in a 21st Century Democracy. This project will contribute to this emerging civil requirement."
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Michal Kerns, assistant superintendent and vice president of student services at the community college, said that Passport to College, established in 2006, was a promise to 12,036 students in 257 fifth-grade classes from 146 schools. The students could receive full financial support for their first two years of higher education if they continued to do well through high school.
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