[wp-forums] inappropriate gravatar?

Jane Wells jane at automattic.com
Mon Jul 2 11:58:55 UTC 2012


On 7/2/12 7:34 AM, Mika A Epstein wrote:
> I answered him kinda. Told him the rating of the forum, and to take it up with gravatar. That would be egregious abuse of the system, IMO, but ... Well I don't actually find a Nazi swastika (or flag) offensive in and of itself. It's the way you use it. I think we had a regular once who ran a neo-nazi site.
>
The line isn't about being offensive, but incitement to violence, which 
the Nazi symbol/flag (vs the older symbol from which it was derived) can 
be considered. If he takes it up with gravatar, we'll address it there.
j


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