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> The email policy has no other purpose than to limit legal exposure. > There is no legitimate business reason for that policy. So the policy is about limiti

> The email policy has no other purpose than to limit legal exposure. > There is no legitimate business reason for that policy. So the policy is about limiting the chance of potentially very expensive lawsuits, and has no legitimate business reason? Choose one. I wish people stopped overusing "Orwellian": the term is so overused that you could use it next to "agile" and I wouldn't notice.

titzer 5y ago
> I wish people stopped overusing "Orwellian" "Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson"—a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly Nineteen Eighty-Four[2] but political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such as in Politics and the English Language. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian I defend my use of the term. Disappearing the past absolutely is Orwellian. Down the memory hole!
AlexCoventry 5y ago
"Orwellian" seems like a good fit for memory-holing people's communications.
- novaRom 5y ago
  At the same time the only apps I cannot select & copy any text from are YouTube and GoogleMaps. The comments people leave there are so valuable for Google?
  - ma2rten 5y ago
    I just tried it, I seem to be able to copy text just fine from both apps.
    - novaRom 5y ago
      Maybe it's because you tried iOS apps? It doesn't work in Android apps.
      - ma2rten 5y ago
        I misspoke. I meant I can copy & paste on the web. On iOS I can copy paste from Google maps, but not Youtube. Maybe there just isn't a good enough use case for it, that's why it's not supported everywhere?

titzer 5y ago

> I wish people stopped overusing "Orwellian" "Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson"—a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly Nineteen Eighty-Four[2] but political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such as in Politics and the English Language. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian I defend my use of the term. Disappearing the past absolutely is Orwellian. Down the memory hole!

AlexCoventry 5y ago

"Orwellian" seems like a good fit for memory-holing people's communications.

novaRom 5y ago
At the same time the only apps I cannot select & copy any text from are YouTube and GoogleMaps. The comments people leave there are so valuable for Google?
- ma2rten 5y ago
  I just tried it, I seem to be able to copy text just fine from both apps.
  - novaRom 5y ago
    Maybe it's because you tried iOS apps? It doesn't work in Android apps.
    - ma2rten 5y ago
      I misspoke. I meant I can copy & paste on the web. On iOS I can copy paste from Google maps, but not Youtube. Maybe there just isn't a good enough use case for it, that's why it's not supported everywhere?