Comments on: BoingBoing vs. Violet Blue

By: Thoughts of a Game Developer » Filippa Hamilton, Ralph Lauren, Copyright, and Censorship

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:54:47 +0000

[...] After several days, once most everyone had left the thread, they finally allow a comment articulating an argument against piracy. Who knows how many others were deleted in an attempt to prevent their readers from hearing those ideas. And there’s hundreds of people all over the internet complaining about getting censored by BoingBoing. Exhibit A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V [...]

By: fdeblauwe

fdeblauwe — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:46:14 +0000

Why would I comment on Boing Boing? They treat me like a criminal anyway! I used to think Boing Boing was interesting but now I’m not so sure. I got “disemvoweled” just for posting links to some relevant blog posts of mine. I tried to communicate and got nothing but silence. Have they ever thought of assuming commenters are writing in good faith and email them to clear up a possible misunderstanding? Instead, they left a caustic comment following mine with no clear way on how to “comply” with their blog commenting philosophy, started to disemvowel my comments, said that I should contact Teresa without telling me how I was supposed to do that, etc. Also, email would be better too as I’m sure not everyone returns compulsively to read all the subsequent comments to a post they commented on. It all seems a bit too arrogant and callous to me.

By: Alarming Female

Alarming Female — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:53:58 +0000

Thank you for saying, and saying well, exactly what I felt about BB’s decision.

Yes, they had the right. But that wasn’t who I thought they were.

I found your link in the thread of 1000+ comments, and am glad I came here to read this rather than continue reading those. I was exhausted and know I’d gain nothing more from hours over there.

Another new reader, here.

By: Andrew S

Andrew S — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:55:12 +0000

I got tired of reading about steampunk and binary watches and the same artist friends-of-boing-boing over and over, and unsubscribed last month. This probably saves me two hours a week. I don’t feel like i’ve missed a single thing.

By: gibby

gibby — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:47:41 +0000

great post, you’ve got a new reader.

By: Absurd » BoingBoing vs. Violet Blue

Absurd » BoingBoing vs. Violet Blue — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:29:35 +0000

[...] BoingBoing vs. Violet Blue But a site’s boilerplate terms of service document is not designed to protect them from doing absurd things like removing people wholesale… [...]

By: BoingBoing: It’s our blog, and our rules » mathewingram.com/work |

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:06:52 +0000

[...] with BoingBoing. So what, you might ask? Well, one of the things that makes this spat a bit more interesting is the fact that Cory Doctorow is a prominent free-speech advocate and former Electronic Frontier [...]

By: Jay PR

Jay PR — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:08:13 +0000

Greg here displays something I’ve seen a lot of regular commentators do over at Making Light on this very subject: furious defensiveness, bad-faith arguments that misinterpret opponents and attempts to counter-attack as a way of changing the subject. (I note that the latest Making Light thread has now become a referendum on whether or not Metafilter is misogynist).

This issue isn’t about whether or not BoingBoing have the legal right to do what they did or indeed the power. It’s about whether or not it was a hypocritical or unfair or unkind or foolish or otherwise bad thing to do. Those are two distinct things – one is a question of power and law, the other a question of ethics. It is mysterious and authoritarian of Making Light and its defenders to claim that they are not. (All this “They don’t have to listen you, it’s their blog” rubbish… Well, no, they don’t HAVE to. But that doesn’t mean they acted well, only that they have the power to do so.)

By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:45:35 +0000

I will note that I exchanged mail with Cory Doctorow (who is on vacation) and he replied and CC’d Teresa. The IP of my company is unbanned (she blamed an assistant moderator) but she didn’t say a word about unblocking my account.

By: Hitsville » Boing Boing continues to self-boink

Hitsville » Boing Boing continues to self-boink — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:43:47 +0000

[...] a fairly good detailing of the relevant issues here, on a site called [...]