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The problem with censorship is where it goes. While some comments do indeed add little value, who should be the judge of value? If it isn't you then who is to
by sh1mmer 18y ago
The problem with censorship is where it goes. While some comments do indeed add little value, who should be the judge of value?
If it isn't you then who is to say that the person judging isn't removing value from you to reinforce their point of view.
Almost worse if it is you, then what is to say we aren't going to create a society of echo chambers, where you can tailor the internet to read what you want or expect it to read.
I'm sure we could expect a Conservofilter. Wouldn't that be a great day for humanity when schools can install something that removes all those "unscientific" comments about Darwin on a nice wholesome YouTube post.
Comments should still remain, primarily, about freedom of expression even if most of that expression is just there to remind you of the illiteracy of the majority of the population.
- albertcardona 18y agoLike a bayesian spam filter: your blog goes through a training period in which one manually retrains the filter with entries one considers stupid. It could work.