[antonber]

I run an online community. Building a safe space is extremely difficult and full of grey area, online or offline.

There's a fine line between the freedom to express yourself and offending someone else. As a community moderator, choosing what is and isn't offensive is by definition subjective. It's an impossible task for a global, multi-cultural community. You end up with a vanilla message board where most interesting thought/debate is stifled. Reminds me of the campus "safe space" debate.

[prodmerc]

You really don't want to cater to the easily offendable, imo.

I remember writing an ebook on affiliate marketing when it was a new thing (free for email subscribers), which had the word Bullshit stamped on an image. Two people said maybe I should tone down the language heh.

Fuck right off, buddy :D

[CM30]

This. The easily offended are a tiny minority, and those who attempt to cater for them too much have usually had their product or business fail.

Don't worry about people in a community who get easily offended. If they like the community they'll stay, if not then there's not really anything lost.