Charles Matthews wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote
Where is that support system? Who supports him? Can they be encouraged to pressure him into better behavior?
I think finger-pointing is not a good idea in this case. Let's say that he has apologists, who may very well be acting in perfectly good faith and be valued community members in their own right.
Oh, you're absolutely right. I didn't mean my questions in a fingerpointing way, but rather I genuinely want to know what arguments are being made in his favor, and by whom, and for what reason. And, if Wik has supporters, then they are going to be the people most likely to be able to get him to change.
I absolutely think that people who defend Wik could very well be acting in perfectly good faith and be valued community members in their own right. Indeed, I'm the first to say based on my conversations with Wik that I think he really sincerely has a beef with a bunch of trolls, and thinks he's doing good by battling them.
The problem here is ironic. We let trolls go on a bit too much. Then someone like Wik sticks his neck out to fight them, but *also* in the process makes himself extremely annoying to other users. If we had already gotten rid of the original problem users, then maybe Wik wouldn't have felt compelled to behave badly.
--Jimbo