8 votes

~legal as a suggested community

Posted by drannex
Tags: suggestions, self post, groups, legal

We have a few categories it could be classified into (~news, ~humanities) but I think having a ~legal could bring some interesting people and conversations to the fore here.

7 comments

  1. [4]
    lou
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    One possible argument against a ~legal group is that it might be more sensible to house this content in already existing groups. For instance, Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk would be in...

    One possible argument against a ~legal group is that it might be more sensible to house this content in already existing groups. For instance, Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk would be in ~tech, while Hans Nieman's lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen would go into ~games.tabletop, the sexual harassment lawsuit against Activision Blizzard would go into ~games, and so on.

    7 votes
    1. [3]
      DanBC
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      There have been a number of anti-trans court cases in the UK. There are advantages and disadvantages to posting these to the ~lgbt group. Posting the links to this group helps frame the discussion...

      There have been a number of anti-trans court cases in the UK. There are advantages and disadvantages to posting these to the ~lgbt group.

      Posting the links to this group helps frame the discussion from a trans-inclusive perspective. In the UK there's a lot of disinformation being posted by anti-trans campaigners, and that often makes its way to mainstream sources (at this point the BBC News and Current Affairs department, The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Sun, The Guardian, The Economist, The Spectator, Private Eye are all explicitly anti-trans and have all published talking points from anti-trans campaigners.) I'd be wary about posting links to a non-lgbt group because I don't want to open the door to anti-trans comments being posted here.

      The disadvantage is that some of these cases have the potential to be bad news when the judgment comes in; or the judgment is mostly good but with some bad news sprinkles. And so this means it's often just constantly dumping bad news into a space, and it drowns out celebration of LGBT joy.

      6 votes
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        1. [2]
          lou
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          I believe such strictly legal subjects are incredibly rare within the Tildes community. Legal can safely exist as a tag under ~humanities.

          I believe such strictly legal subjects are incredibly rare within the Tildes community. Legal can safely exist as a tag under ~humanities.

          8 votes
  2. [3]
    AugustusFerdinand
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    Do you have any links that have been posted that you think would fit in the new group?

    Do you have any links that have been posted that you think would fit in the new group?

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      cfabbro
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      Not OP, but ?tag=law and ?tag=legal are filled with such articles

      Not OP, but ?tag=law and ?tag=legal are filled with such articles

      2 votes
      1. AugustusFerdinand
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        I'm aware of the tags, most are just ABC is being sued/prosecuted/jailed for XYZ - I'm curious as to the links that would fit into the group and... ...that don't already occur.

        I'm aware of the tags, most are just ABC is being sued/prosecuted/jailed for XYZ - I'm curious as to the links that would fit into the group and...

        bring some interesting people and conversations to the fore

        ...that don't already occur.

        6 votes