Isn't this why we have an anti-harrassment policy?  Why not hold zoia 
(and all bots) accountable to the code of conduct like everyone else?

If zoia says something that makes you feel uncomfortable, then speak up 
and we will take appropriate measures by removing the plugin or removing 
that response from the data set.  Let's not over-think it.

-Shaun


On 1/22/13 10:56 PM, Bill Dueber wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Genny Engel <[log in to unmask]>
>   wrote:
>
>> Guess there's no groundswell of support for firing Zoia and replacing
>> her/it with a GLaDOS irc bot, then?
>>
>
> I'm in. "We've both said things you're going to regret."
>
> [GLaDOS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glados> is the really-quite-mean AI
> from the games Portal and Portal2]
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Genny Engel <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Guess there's no groundswell of support for firing Zoia and replacing
>> her/it with a GLaDOS irc bot, then?
>>
>> *Sigh.*
>>
>> Genny Engel
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Andromeda Yelton
>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 11:30 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Zoia
>>
>> FWIW, I am both an active #libtechwomen participant and someone who is so
>> thoroughly charmed by zoia I am frequently bothered she isn't right there
>> *in my real life*.  (Yes, I have tried to issue zoia commands during
>> face-to-face conversations with non-Code4Libbers.)
>>
>> I think a collaboratively maintained bot with a highly open ethos is always
>> going to end up with some things that cross people's lines, and that's an
>> opportunity to talk about those lines and rearticulate our group norms.
>>   And to that end, I'm in favor of weeding the collection of plugins,
>> whether because of offensiveness or disuse.  (Perhaps this would be a good
>> use of github's issue tracker, too?)
>>
>> I also think some sort of 'what's zoia and how can you contribute' link
>> would be useful in any welcome-newbie plugin; it did take me a while to
>> figure out what was going on there.  (Just as it took me the while to
>> acquire the tastes for, say, coffee, bourbon, and blue cheese, tastes which
>> I would now defend ferociously.)
>>
>> But not having zoia would make me sad.  And defining zoia to be
>> woman-unfriendly, when zoia-lovers and zoia-haters appear to span the
>> gender spectrum and have a variety of reasons (both gendered and non) for
>> their reactions, would make me sad too.
>>
>> @love zoia.
>>
>> Andromeda
>>
>
>
>


-- 
Shaun Ellis
User Interace Developer, Digital Initiatives
Princeton University Library