Timeline for Why was there pushback on a user's profile image?
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 1:09 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | I can see that an avatar is content-neutral with respect to a post, even if the avatar has content. I think I am not in a place now to appreciate your distinction. That's OK. Other people seem to appreciate your distinction. I am also in favor of not seeing controversial avatars on MathOverflow, which is my takeaway from your post. Gerhard "Willing To Wait For Appreciation" Paseman, 2018.11.26. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 22:59 | comment | added | user21349 | @MichaelGreinecker: This is about proportionality. MO has disincentives for posting various things in questions, answers, and comments. The disincentives are supposed to be proportionate. I could start a question by saying, "I was throwing a tennis ball for my dog today, and it occurred to me that if the ball was moving in a complex manifold rather than a real one ..." The part about the ball and the dog are slightly off-topic, but they don't have the power to completely throw discussion off track. Ditto if my avatar was a puppy, and my username was "I Luv Puppies!!" | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 22:53 | comment | added | user21349 | @GerhardPaseman: The distinction is between judging what topic someone's communication is about versus judging what they have to say about the topic. For example, if I post a question in which I begin by asserting that $2+2=5$, then my assertion is on topic for MO, but I would not expect the question to be upvoted. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 at 18:09 | comment | added | Michael Greinecker | I disagree with this answer because avatars do allow for math unrelated expressions and I don't think this is illegitimate. What if a user has photo of themselves wearing a Metallica t-shirt. Would that be illegitimate? A user with a photo of himself wearing a kippah? | |
| Nov 25, 2018 at 19:34 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | Ben, I sent you an email regarding this. In brief, 'off-topic' does not seem content neutral to me, while 'age of author' does. It is quite possible I am reading in your post something other than your intent. Gerhard "Feeling A Little Different Today" Paseman, 2018.11.25. | |
| Nov 24, 2018 at 18:24 | comment | added | user21349 | @GerhardPaseman: I don't understand the first two sentences of your comment. Could you explain? I wonder if they are based on an overly hasty and inaccurate reading of my answer. I used "content-neutral" as an adjectival phrase referring to "reasons for wanting to delete." It does not refer to user Patriot's use of the confederate flag (which was a form of nonverbal communication). | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 20:36 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | To put it mildly, I find this use of 'content-neutral' misapplied. ('Non-verbal' might be more appropriate.) I think the real situation is that there is a changing entity called a community, and that many of the behaviours/customs/rules written and unwritten are meant both to keep the community together and to get that community to produce a certain kind of content. This involves social factors as well as historical factors. Avoiding some of the hotspots affecting other fora seems fine to me. Gerhard "Some Kinds Of Fire Unwanted" Paseman, 2018.11.23. | |
| Nov 23, 2018 at 19:17 | history | answered | user21349 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |