tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post7289746765022439267..comments2023-11-03T09:12:47.025-04:00Comments on dowdellresearch/social media: Women get dissed on the blogcredohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737116243306045307noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-23285822692012114572007-08-08T01:36:00.000-04:002007-08-08T01:36:00.000-04:00Thought you might be interested to see this level ...Thought you might be interested to see this level of verbal abuse from left on my blog during the past week.<BR/><BR/>http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/resident_evil_5.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/where_lies_the_resident_evil.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-13267738596237074242007-07-05T09:57:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:57:00.000-04:00If you think "states' right" Markos Moulitsas taki...If you think "states' right" Markos Moulitsas taking over Democratic Party is dangerous for Black people, you should definitely read the new research about him: <A HREF="http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/07/kos-family-businesses-us-government.html" REL="nofollow">The Secret "Family Business" of Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga is Uncovered.</A><BR/><BR/>If you never knew that Markos' family received millions from the US Government and is connected to international environmental polluters, then you might want to post a diary about this at your blog.Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-77590193726340069802007-05-16T23:45:00.000-04:002007-05-16T23:45:00.000-04:00Francis: "You mentioned, "those who do not want us...Francis: <BR/><BR/>"You mentioned, "those who do not want us on the Afro/Blackosphere/netizens, villager/African-Americans blogworld." Are you saying that you feel unwanted in the AfroSpear movement? If so, that's something that I want to learn more about."<BR/><BR/>credo: what I actually typed was this:<BR/><BR/>"Why is this acceptable behavior in the blogosphere? But more importantly why are we women and African-American bloggers not banning together to capture the dollars from those who do not want us on the Afro/Blackosphere/netizens, villager/African-Americans blogworld. Where is the marketing strategy on the net for us?" <BR/><BR/>My question was why those who were or are being abused by raced white bloggers banning together to create a power force?<BR/><BR/>I cited raced white women and African-Americans being dissed on the blog. I know that raced white women have banned together and created blogher.<BR/><BR/>So, if raced white women can create blogher and receive support, my biggest question is why is this same type of support missing for Bronze Trinity's forum and newspaper? <BR/><BR/>I believe I know the answer, but in my heart I am hoping that I am wrong.credohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737116243306045307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-28549864539980055362007-05-15T19:50:00.000-04:002007-05-15T19:50:00.000-04:00In the week before I was banned at DailyKos, I, to...In the week before I was banned at DailyKos, I, too, was subtly threatened. Users began researching me on the Internet and they published my entire Bar Association status data as well as one of my old addresses that they found through Amazon.com. <BR/><BR/>I naively believed at the time that they were curious about me and wanted to learn more about me. I didn't realize that they were threatening me by attempting to find out exactly who and where I was.<BR/><BR/>They also called me "monkey" at DailyKos and after that I was banned from participation there. You can find the links to all of the DailyKos diaries and comments in which this occurred by going to a blog I publish under the title, <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" HTTP://TRUTH-ABOUT-KOS.BLOGSPOT.COM/>"The Truth About DailyKos,"</A> which gets about three hits a day, even though it is just a list of links of all of my diaries that expose DailyKos as a bastion of white male supremacy.<BR/><BR/>My arguments at DailyKos were often so heated that my right hand trembled as I hit the "post diary" key. I KNEW with absolute certainly that they would not like my diaries in which I deconstructed and denounced the "white male supremacy paradigm." But I kept writing because I was confident that eventually people beyond that white male supremacist community would see what I was writing and join the chorus. <BR/><BR/>With up to 500 comments on some of my diaries, I knew there had to be some Black people and women who were benefiting from what I was saying, even if they knew that they could not be seen to support me in the context of that atmosphere. They could see the lynch mob behind me and were not eager to join me, hanging from the white male blogger tree. But in the Afrosphere, where Blacks could talk freely, the conversation has already begun, I later learned.<BR/><BR/>Now, I'm really concerned because I'm not sure if I understood something above that I read in your diary. You mentioned, "those who do not want us on the Afro/Blackosphere/netizens, villager/African-Americans blogworld." Are you saying that you feel unwanted in the AfroSpear movement? If so, that's something that I want to learn more about. I know that you have participated in discussions at my blog, I have linked to your blog and, working with Bronze Trinity, we've developed a mechanism to link all AfroSpear blogs of Black men AND women together. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I understood what you wrote correctly, but if you or other African-American women feel unwanted in the AfroSpear most of us Black men would consider that to be an emergency that needed to be dealt with and resolved immediately in favor of your participation. I know that Bronze Trinity has become an essential organizer in the AfroSpear and we all depend upon her leadership and her unique combination of organizing and online technical skills. Even if I didn't understand what you wrote above, I think it's worth writing and posting this affirmation of the value of an integrated and profoundly interdependent AfroSpear.<BR/><BR/>If you would like to publish a diary at my blog to keep this conversation going and broaden the conversation, then I would welcome and feel really good about that.Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-23012708270290337542007-04-06T16:45:00.000-04:002007-04-06T16:45:00.000-04:00You are so right,,so keep writing.You are so right,,so keep writing.credohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737116243306045307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-41417804431481522402007-04-06T16:40:00.000-04:002007-04-06T16:40:00.000-04:00Woah. I knew about Kathy Sierra (Salon also did an...Woah. I knew about Kathy Sierra (Salon also did an excellent piece about her), but I didn't know about your troubles. I'm so sorry that happened to you. <BR/><BR/>I did get kinda pissy over the fact that my blog was left out of the original AP article...even though I mentioned it several times during the interview. Sigh. However, it seems that fate took over in the form of Der Spiegel, and they added a link on their own. Strange how Germany got it right and the States didn't. Then again, I'm finding that the rest of world seems to have the plot on race more than we, anyhow. <BR/><BR/>The best possible thing that we can do as Black women is to <B>keep on writing</B>. End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-73846024689269281082007-04-04T16:09:00.000-04:002007-04-04T16:09:00.000-04:00bronzetrinity =Thanks for your comment. When atta...bronzetrinity =<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. When attacked on the blogosphere, I think its important to take note and report immediately.<BR/><BR/>Hathor =<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of abusive comments are blamed on geeks. When in fact, many are business men or community leaders.<BR/><BR/>If you go to creating passionate users site you will see images that are pornographic in nature in attacking Kathy Sierra. And she names name.<BR/><BR/>The internet only provides a certain degree of safety. Sierra home address and social security was placed on the net. This placed her at risk of identity thief, robbery and host of other potential threaten activity.<BR/><BR/>She did not voluntarily give up this information. This suggest information was provided to encourage others who may have wanted to do harm to Sierra.<BR/><BR/>If someone takes the time to type a death threat or provide your personal information without being publicly disclosed, such as social security I believe punishment should follow.credohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737116243306045307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-64660167407930079592007-04-04T15:46:00.000-04:002007-04-04T15:46:00.000-04:00I had began to notice the misogyny when I started ...I had began to notice the misogyny when I started to make comments on male political blogs. I guess I wasn't too surprised because the arguments were in "male" logic, which I expected from the geeks and the women that they liked agreed with their ideas. I didn't realized that there some guys were actually psychotic until I read about the death treats to Kathy Sierra. <BR/>What I did find surprising was comments I made about race; brought out the bigots, the civil war reconstructionists and the new history of slavery accordingly to the gospel of Ann Coulter. For some reason I have been fortunate for them not follow me to my blog. My blog is mostly a personal journal with a sprinkling of political opinion. I speak about race, when someone has pist me off. My son had let me know how bad racist videos and remarks were on youtube.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28677385.post-59215848894136378572007-04-04T05:21:00.000-04:002007-04-04T05:21:00.000-04:00Wow, I didn't know about any of this. Thanks for p...Wow, I didn't know about any of this. Thanks for posting it. It makes me think a little bit about where I post comments and who I post them to. Its a lot to think about. I think of course that no death threat is excusable, online or elsewhere. But it does bring to the surface the fact that racism does still exist (some people actually think it rarely happens) and we have the proof online. You should see some of the racist comments on African American YouTube videos. You would not believe the ignorance and overt racism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com