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“We should be judging the effectiveness and value of any of our solutions by how well they'd work for people with the least institutional power.”

IntersectionalityMarginalizationOnline AbuseSystemic FailureMarginalized PeopleInternet AbuseIgnoring Outside VoicesSystematic OppressionInstitutional FailureInstitutional Power
Book:Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
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“We should be judging the effectiveness and value of any of our solutions by how well they'd work for people with the least institutional power. Aside from idealism, it's pragmatic—if marginalized users are the people being targeted the most and being targeted the worst, then designing solutions that focus on the majority and treat the marginalized users as edge cases is not logically sound, because they aren't. Conversely, there's no reason to assume that the solutions that work for the people who need it most wouldn't also work for people who aren't as much at risk.”

IntersectionalityMale PrivilegeMarginalizationOnline AbuseInstitutional OppressionSystemic FailureMarginalized PeopleInternet AbuseIgnoring Outside VoicesSystematic Oppression
Book:Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
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“...when someone comes to me who possesses any traits that stray from what might appear in an American i950s-era sitcom, their identities are part of their abuse. They are targeted by certain people who want them to suffer for existing.”

IntersectionalityMarginalizationOnline AbuseMarginalized PeopleInternet AbuseIgnoring Outside VoicesInstitutional Power
Book:Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
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