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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Here's an article about the Black at GDS account: https://theaugurbit.com/2020/10/12/through-instagram-account-current-and-former-black-students-offer-scathing-criticism-of-gds-record-on-race/

From that piece: "At the start, Black at GDS received submissions of stories through a Google form, but eventually changed to accepting them in Instagram direct messages to better ensure the anecdotes’ authenticity. The account’s managers censor profanity and occasionally reject outlandish, inauthentic posts."

By their own admission, the account managers in that case took anonymous submissions via a Google form at the outset, like a lot of the other accounts - it was a good move to change to DMs, which are not prone to the same issues. But even they admit that they receive troll submissions and have to use their judgment.

Do I think 75% of the submissions on these accounts are real? Definitely. Are there fake ones mixed in? Absolutely. It's no different than your typical DCUM thread with someone going on about Crimson Commons and the Roster of Aces.[/quote]

I think the vast majority of the submissions at the school I’m familiar with are true. Some of them are explicitly racist (from years ago to current examples), some are cases in which the writer understandably believed a situation was likely racist (along the lines of my smart Black kid is overlooked and it seems like the less smart White kids aren’t) and at least a couple are simply not true (and yes, I’m in a position to know regarding a couple of identifiable reports.) I’m not sure if those few factually inaccurate posts are good faith misunderstandings (informed by other legitimately extremely troubling racist incidents) or trolling. What is clear to me is that it’s not helpful to focus on the outliers when the vast majority are sending a glaring signal that there is a lot of work to do. [/quote]

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