On Nov 6, 2007 11:31 AM, Philip Sandifer snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
Mine, at least, is to point out that we seem to be having no problems skyrocketing in the Alexa rankings and in popularity despite this. That does not mean we should not fight vandalism. But it does mean that our userbase seems relatively accepting of the fact that sometimes you'll load an article on Earl Grey tea and get a picture of a man's distended anus. Yes, we get a few upset e-mails from people who are not accepting of this every day at OTRS. But it doesn't seem to be having a crippling effect on our perceived usability at present.
The trivial counter to your argument is that there have been plenty of products that caused harm slowly enough or at a infrequently enough rate that LOTS of people still purchased/used them.
It's not that people who smoke think "I don't mind cancer", it's that they don't experience the negative effects often enough to encourage them to make another decision.
Along that line of thinking, on Wikipedia it's not "I don't mind the fact that looking up a connector on Wikipedia might instead bring up some child porn that could get me fired from work and investigated by the police" ... it's either complete unawareness or "it won't happen to me".
Or maybe I'm just old fashioned in thinking that there are way to define success or correctness which don't consider popularity. ;)