The Aardvark of Silence is based on one of the Rorschach inkblot images and refers to any post made by a moderator on an internet forum which, while innocuous in content, is interpreted as insensitive, silencing, or mocking of a member or members.
The moderator has no idea when she has posted an Aardvark of Silence, because the Aardvark of Silence is a member's projection onto the hapless moderator her own inner fears and conflicts. There is no way to not post an Aardvark of Silence. The Aardvark of Silence is inevitable.
The moderator has no idea when she has posted an Aardvark of Silence, because the Aardvark of Silence is a member's projection onto the hapless moderator her own inner fears and conflicts. There is no way to not post an Aardvark of Silence. The Aardvark of Silence is inevitable.
Member1: I'm feeling happy today.
Moderator: Yay!
Member2: WTF did you mean by that?
Moderator: Aardvark of Silence.
Moderator: Yay!
Member2: WTF did you mean by that?
Moderator: Aardvark of Silence.
by Dawn Coyote June 17, 2008