Thank you, Kabir
KK writes on excellent topics, AI and art among them. He is also almost certainly BB, which makes him KB: Kishore Badshah.
Kabir emailed the admin team about a set of KB’s comments. They attacked a Pakistani female politician. They referred to her looks and used a very offensive, misogynistic term of abuse. The Gender Protocol demands courtesy towards women. KB grossly violated it.
KB has had a 20-comment removal fine. That is a sad outcome, because his comments on AI and art were particularly high signal. It is also a public warning: this behaviour will never be tolerated.
When Kabir stepped out of line last month with his own extremely ugly comments, we held him accountable and left those comments up as a deliberate reminder. The Protocols and Precedents exist for a reason.
Many thanks to Kabir for using the appropriate channel and emailing in these gross violations, which had slipped past us.
We always prioritise the safety and wellbeing of our small community. We also hold very firm redlines on acceptable language, especially towards women, minorities and other marginalised people.
I was also convinced that KK = BB, but i’m not sure anymore. Either way, his or their contributions are great!
It is but then when he slips. I read through his comments and then when he talks about Pakistan, he slips back into BB.
I am reluctant to permanently delete all of KB’s 17-19 excellent high signal comments.
If he is contrite and makes a full and unreserved apology for using abusive, misogynistic and hateful language; we will restore the high signal comments.
oh, i completely missed whatever that devolved into, and don’t mean to endorse it if it was hateful/abusive.