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Being called "untrustworthy" on a public slideshow, and subsequently blocked from commenting #59

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christopherreay opened this issue Feb 25, 2019 · 49 comments

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christopherreay commented Feb 25, 2019

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Yesterday (24 Februrary, 2019) I was invited by Timothy Holborn from a private facebook group to the Solid gitter channel. I spent a good couple of hours reading and responding with various people, and had some valuable interactions.

as you can see from the image, this morning at 7:30, I clarified my meaning regarding my opinion about some content regarding blockchain, which is a field I have worked in.

I feel no animosity to @mediaprophet, but experience has taught me to nip these kinds of issues in the bud as quickly as possible.

Specifically to make a suggestion, I would like:

  • @mediaprophet to consider that their emotional response is unwarranted, and therefore feel more supported in the World
  • the comment they made to be deleted from the slides

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  • Id like to actually engage in the conversation I suggested about blockchain, since it is positive to the Solid community
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Further comments on this topic in the gitter:

Mitzi László @Mitzi-Laszlo 08:34
@christopherreay you can submit an issue to the community repo describing what happened and how it relates to the code of conduct https://github.com/solid/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md
You can read how this will get processed on https://github.com/solid/community

mediaprophet @mediaprophet 08:36
@Mitzi-Laszlo - might be better if there was a private address.
if you’d like me to publish the basis to why it was i stated he was untrustworthy - cool
but in my opinion - should i be found to have acted in good judgement, you’ll be obligated to throw me a party ;)
so, i don’t mind.

jayDayZee @christopherreay 08:37
Absolutely I would like to see that published. Either here, or probably better, in the github?
Ill create an issue and post the link here

mediaprophet @mediaprophet 08:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGhrYmUjU4

End of the day - even relates to convicts, which is what will protect him.

So - @Mitzi-Laszlo - let me know how getting targeted, ends-up with a good outcome for the innocent.

jayDayZee @christopherreay 08:45
Hi, Tim, here you go: #59

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mediaprophet @mediaprophet 08:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGhrYmUjU4

nb: this is a video about "Human Rights"

End of the day - even relates to convicts, which is what will protect him.
So - @Mitzi-Laszlo - let me know how getting targeted, ends-up with a good outcome for the innocent.

I object also to being called a "convict" in the gitter channel.

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christopherreay commented Feb 25, 2019

mediaprophet @mediaprophet 09:13
@Mitzi-Laszlo re: dignity / privacy works - it's impossible to respond to these attacks in a manner that does not breach trust - for a circumstance where i elected not to engage further with someone due to behaviours i considered to be un-trustworthy.
As noted - when the assessment is made, it may be the case that i'm owed a party ;)

there appears to be at least two versions of "dignity / privacy" here.

  • Putting such comments about me on a public slideshow that has been shared with the Solid community, and then claiming its impossible to justify because of "privacy / dignity".

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The claims contain an array of false and misleading statements which for reasons relating to the UDHR cannot be aired publicly as to resolve this undesirable circumstance, as does in-turn illustrate further breaches to the principles outlined in the UDHR consequentially.
https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

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@mediaprophet @christopherreay who was the owner of the google account that the slides were being shared with?

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@mediaprophet @christopherreay Where can I find a coherent overview of both of your perspectives on the topic of Solid and Blockchain?

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HuVote commented Feb 26, 2019

Opinions covered by 'Freedom of expression' often result in clashes guys its not personal. Dust yourselves off. Solid on Blockchain is this something that is happening as we speak?

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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Can we focus on the content and deescalate the tone here please, this conversation is not productive. I'm afraid you both are interested in similar content so will have to reconcile working together. I'd like to invite you both to taking a less personal more focused approach. Perhaps you could both apologise to each other and accept each others apology?

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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This is not so much an exercise of finding a guilty party and punishing rather an exercise of building bridges.

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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HCKgit commented Feb 26, 2019

Please Close this spat in the spirit of rabbit holes from hell.
You are both brilliant in your areas. State you theories make you work claims / documents.
I am just starting down this knowledge trail ... and this smells funny.
Love for both geniuses, the future needs your attentions now.
Please close it unless there is any reason I can not fathom to entertain this further.

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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@christopherreay Are you a convict, or have you been previously convicted of a crime? If not, I believe it's ok to pull @mediaprophet card on that. @mediaprophet If @christopherreay is not a convict, you should apologize without delay.

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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What are you hoping to achieve from this conversation? Thank you for keeping it confined to this pull request rather than other channels that include more people and may want to focus on other things. Just to be clear I will not deliver a judgement or outcome after 14 days, I will simply close the pull request. If someone choses to block people from a privately controlled google slides, I'm afraid it's out of my remit to comment on that. All I can do is to advise you both to keep to the content and keep the conversation civil.

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christopherreay commented Feb 26, 2019

What I have been pointing out is that in the claims I have seen regarding "solid vs blockchain" - specifically "why solid is better", I have seen both inaccurate claims about blockchain, and... unsubstantiated claims about solid. Im sure this will feed out into more detail later, and that solid will stand up to the letter of its convictions

I look forward to being involved

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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all I can say is that I'm sorry you are interpreting what you are reading in such a way..all lve done is try to have constructive and friendly conversation with you.

I wish you all the best of luck with your journey

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mediaprophet commented Feb 26, 2019 via email

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I haven't accused you of anything

we met on a group brought together through a mutual friend.

every single conversation we have ever had has been in front of other people. you are the only one raising the idea that I am attacking you. I have nothing to gain from attacking you..all I have done is engage in friendly, constructive communication.

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melvincarvalho commented Feb 27, 2019

Well that escalated quickly! @Mitzi-Laszlo thanks for looking at this. I'd like to suggest a slightly different, or other, approach.

What I observe is two parties that feel injured, but I am not detecting any malice here.

@mediaprophet is a venerable member of our community that I have known for many years. I know he takes great pride in helping newer members and has a great facility with the English language. The word mentioned in quotes in the title of this issue, I am sure was used inadvertently, as pertains to a member of our own community. A better way to phrase it may have been "I dont trust technical aspect X about" with regards to a block chain in or a specific argument. It is only right and proper that we allow a chance to change the wording or withdraw that particular term, if it is part of a public record. I am sure that this opportunity will be taken, and I think already the work is no longer public.

In a general sense I find the following paragraphs from the NextCloud community helpful in cases like these :

Support others in the community

Our community is made strong by mutual respect, collaboration and pragmatic, responsible behavior. Sometimes there are situations where this has to be defended and other community members need help.

If you witness others being attacked, think first about how you can offer them personal support. If you feel that the situation is beyond your ability to help individually, go privately to the victim and ask if some form of official intervention is needed. Similarly you should support anyone who appears to be in danger of burning out, either through work-related stress or personal problems.

When problems do arise, consider respectfully reminding those involved of our shared Code of Conduct as a first action. Leaders are defined by their actions, and can help set a good example by working to resolve issues in the spirit of this Code of Conduct before they escalate.

Get support from others in the community

Disagreements, both political and technical, happen all the time. Our community is no exception to the rule. The goal is not to avoid disagreements or differing views but to resolve them constructively. You should turn to the community to seek advice and to resolve disagreements and where possible consult the team most directly involved.

Think deeply before turning a disagreement into a public dispute. If necessary request mediation, trying to resolve differences in a less highly-emotional medium. If you do feel that you or your work is being attacked, take your time to breathe through before writing heated replies. Consider a 24 hour moratorium if emotional language is being used - a cooling off period is sometimes all that is needed. If you really want to go a different way, then we encourage you to publish your ideas and your work, so that it can be tried and tested.

https://nextcloud.com/code-of-conduct/

It has helped to generate a very positive environment. What do you guys think? Is that something we could buy into? And perhaps incorporate into our own code?

Let me know if I can help out, or offer support. I hope it's not too late.

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christopherreay commented Feb 27, 2019

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just to ground again. I objected directly to the content that "I should find my own path as I attacked and take a position of advantage, and therefore am found to be untrustworthy"
since the document in question was about solid and shared into this solid gitter channel, I asked here what to do. it was suggested I might creat an issue here, by @solid-pay, who read what was written and considered @mediaprophet's words to come under the CoC umbrella.

@mediaprophet had already also left every Facebook chat group we were both in, with the same (or no) comment.

the later comment that I am a "convict", also in the gitter channel is bordering on libel, and in my opinion, this behaviour needs to be addressed. as the CoC states quite clearly. I have projected no animosity towards @mediaprophet. perhaps people would review my original post in this issue, if they are interested.

Yesterday (24 Februrary, 2019) I was invited by Timothy Holborn from a private facebook group to the Solid gitter channel. I spent a good couple of hours reading and responding with various people, and had some valuable interactions.

as you can see from the image, this morning at 7:30, I clarified my meaning regarding my opinion about some content regarding blockchain, which is a field I have worked in.

I feel no animosity to @mediaprophet, but experience has taught me to nip these kinds of issues in the bud as quickly as possible.

Specifically to make a suggestion, I would like:

@mediaprophet to consider that their emotional response is unwarranted, and therefore feel more supported in the World
the comment they made to be deleted from the slides

secondary

Id like to actually engage in the conversation I suggested about blockchain, since it is positive to the Solid community

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it was suggested I might creat an issue here, by @solid-pay, who read what was written and considered @mediaprophet's words to come under the CoC umbrella

Not quite accurate.

I simply suggested replacing "untrustworthy" with another word or phrase. I didnt suggest raising an issue. That was someone else.

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christopherreay commented Feb 27, 2019

Oh, @solid-pay I apologise. This is not the kind of space to make that kind of mistake. Sorry again.

Here is the content to which I was referring, and thus the process by by which this issue came into being. I was left with little choice as to petition this community, since @mediaprophet blocked me on facebook and left all the groups we were both in:

jayDayZee @christopherreay Feb 25 08:08
Hi. Ive just received @mediaprofit on his slides (and been blocked from commenting on the slides), does anyone have any insite as to what is going on here?
https://christopherreay.com/fileStorage/wat.png
There seems to be some implication that there are "several attacks" by me? We were talking in this room all day yesterday, and I was not under such an impression.
Is this something I should take seriously? Are there any processes in this space for conflict / interpersonal resolution?

solid-pay @solid-pay Feb 25 08:33
@mediaprophet please be respectful. You have a gift for words. Calling a fellow member of the community untrustworthy is not the kind of language we want to see in this community. Please choose different language. You can do better.

Mitzi László @Mitzi-Laszlo Feb 25 08:34
@christopherreay you can submit an issue to the community repo describing what happened and how it relates to the code of conduct https://github.com/solid/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md
You can read how this will get processed on https://github.com/solid/community

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mediaprophet commented Feb 27, 2019 via email

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I would like to suggest that we create a Solid Community Grievance Resolution Committee instead of what is currently taking place. Are there any thoughts on this, do you think that maybe a grievance committee would be bettor suited to deal with these types of issues? The reason I say this is because @Mitzi-Laszlo stated; "Just to be clear I will not deliver a judgement or outcome after 14 days, I will simply close the pull request...I'm afraid it's out of my remit to comment on that."

Clearly, when a member of the community has a grievance as is taking place here, it should be given the division of attention that it is due, and a binding resolution on the parties should be a reasonable expectation.

These are just the beginning of problems, and there are certainly more to come in the future and we, as the Solid Community should determine how to deal with them, and the terms of the same should be by the Solid Community.

Inrupt Inc. is a corporation headquartered in Boston, and is not the Solid Community, and therefore, I agree that @Mitzi-Laszlo (Inrupt Inc.) does not have the authority to pass any judgement on this issue, and can only close it.

Just my thoughts, hope it was helpful.

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christopherreay commented Feb 27, 2019 via email

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@christopherreay You can close this issue.

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I'm sensing a will from all parties to deescalate this issue.

The inadvertent public comment, has been corrected, and it is appreciated that the google platform put barriers in the way of that.

I can only apologize that this was not intercepted earlier, and allowed to stew. The last thing we want is to lose contributors. In retrospect this may have been better handled in the chat.

Closing this issue. If anyone feels this is being closed prematurely, or that there are outstanding concerns, please feel free to raise.

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Hi, Melvin,

I appreciate your energy in this matter, however your use of the word "inadvertent" in the conclusion post, it's an idea that appears to come from you alone.

@mediaprophet maintained throughout this discourse that I had deliberately attempted to attack him.

also is the public statement in the gitter channel that I am a "convict", which has been commented on by the community, with no response from @mediaprophet.

I'm happy for the issue to fade into non existence, but not an arbitrary conclusion to be placed at the end to make it all look neat and tidy.

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also could you reopen this issue, and leave out open until at least the 14 day minimum period states, as per the CoC guidelines.

@melvincarvalho melvincarvalho reopened this Mar 6, 2019
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melvincarvalho commented Mar 6, 2019

@christopherreay reopened

I use the word inadvertent in order to operate in good faith. Most of us from time to time use language or phrases that can be inappropriate (I certainly do)! It enables us to move forward as a community, and see the good in people, if we encourage them withdraw or retract things from the public record.

it states clearly that human rights are for all people, including convicts

This statement as I understand it, was not directed at a specific person, though its very easy to see or infer that might be the interpretation. My interpretation of the comment, again assuming good will, was that it was a reference to the video, not to an individual. You have made your point and it is on record. I suggest we leave things there, but you are within your rights to peruse the matter further should you wish to.

also could you reopen this issue, and leave out open until at least the 14 day minimum period states, as per the CoC guidelines

I am unfamiliar with this process, but will defer to the greater wisdom of @Mitzi-Laszlo and the authors, in this matter.

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christopherreay commented Mar 6, 2019

dear @melvincarvalho,

As I said, I appreciate the energy you are trying to add.

The exact quote regarding "convict" is:

End of the day - even relates to convicts, which is what will protect him.

This is directly aimed at me.
@mediaprophet was asked to address this by a member of the community, and ignored that request.

Equally, there is no statement or implication from @mediaprophet that the publicness of his comments about me in the spreadsheet were "inadvertant".

I should prefer the content of the issue be left to speak for themselves.

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Please be aware that there are people like myself who spend time reading all these comments. I do not understand why this issue can't be closed now. The CoC guidelines should be modified if necessary.

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I have now unsubscribed this issue.

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its pretty standard, that how after one message that implies that the reason for the issue has been resolved "in good faith", next come the comments about how commenting that they are "not resolved" is wasting people's time.

This process is here to enable a place for communication outside of the normal stream of the community.

I strongly object to being called a "convict" in the gitter channel. That there may be no effective resolution is absolutely fine by me, but I dont see why this issue should be closed with an arbitrary conclusion that everything is fine "in good faith".

I suggest just to leave it be, and close it in its current state as per the CoC

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to be clear the fact that room says that he has deleted the offending comment from their document is enough for me in this case.

My interpretation of that comment was that there was a sense of wishing the issue to be closed. I was applying some pragmatism and a degree of judgement.

I did not interpret this comment correctly, and I am grateful for your correction. If you feel you have been labeled a "convict", you have every right to persue the issue further.

As I say I am unfamiliar with this process, and even this CoC. I will leave this to the judgement of @Mitzi-Laszlo, who asked this issue to be opened.

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Unsubscribing this issue did not work - probably due to a GitHub bug. I therefore have unwatched this repository.

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christopherreay commented Mar 8, 2019

the first comment on this issue contains the complete context within the gitter channel of the "convict" comment.

I can find no evidence for the attacks by me to which @mediaprophet is referring

as I said, hey, it seems to me that my analytical questions have inadvertently created a personal, emotional response of great strength. openly describing me as "untrustworthy" and immediately blocking all forms of communication with me has lead to this issue being created.

I have no issue, personally, with @mediaprophet. my contributions are are simply "contributions".

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Thats interesting stuff...

we have a lot to do

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