okay. everyone is spazzing out because LGBT was left off of a directory nomination form (that is probably still being ironed out). and this quote just kind of ruins the whole argument. the reasoning that people might abuse this (and trust me, they WILL abuse it) is perfectly valid. and maybe tumblr just hasn’t found the right solution yet. not everything is an attack on the LGBT community, calm down.
and let me warn you, when you make requests like that- you don’t really know what you’re asking for. i say this because if you did know what you were asking for, you’d offer an actual solution. “build solutions to the misuse” comes dangerously close to humans/arbitrary people monitoring and/or approving YOUR content.
how do you really expect them to monitor fake nominations (e.g. “i’m submitting my straight friend to the gay category lololz~11”) from the real ones? email people to ask about their orientation? have a single human make a judgement call that may or may not be accurate? (oh my god, you guys would FREAK OUT all over again if that happened)
so that said, sit and think for a minute about what problems really could come of this at the moment. and then relax. maybe if you’re so inclined, offer a solution.
(via nikography)
Nice. Nik said it perfectly.
