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This site looks great, signed up. However: > Next Big Thing is not a place for ... anything else flat out offensive. One of my favourite bands at the moment i
by GotAnyMegadeth 14y ago
This site looks great, signed up. However:
> Next Big Thing is not a place for ... anything else flat out offensive.
One of my favourite bands at the moment is "Rotting Christ" that name alone is very offensive to some people. Does that mean I can't post stuff about them? Where is the line? Can I post anything Black metal related? What about Gore Grind?
I think music has a much wider view of what is acceptable than tech. For example a lot of music/art is made with the sole purpose of being offensive. This is going to be hard to moderate.
- booruguru 14y agoI agree. Labelling music is one thing, but outright censorship will ensure your project never takes off. However, after looking at your site, I don't get it. I thought the music would be embedded in the page itself. Also, you have music and news/editorial links on the same page. What's more there's no tagging/categorization so I have no way of filtering music to my tastes. The site looks slick and you deserve kudos for the effort. But I think you should seriously consider the value proposition of "The Next Big Thing." EDIT: I just went back to you site and discovered that you do in fact separate music and news/editorial links.
- breadnwater 14y agoTwitter censors, Facebook censors, Hacker News censors, and they took off. I can support my argument. Can you with yours?
- Semaphor 14y agoTwitter censors location based after being ordered to do so. And none of them have something as weird as "offensive" as criteria for censoring.
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoNone of them censor music to my knowledge
- breadnwater 14y agoIf you have no objection to a band, song or album cover that degrades your mother or someone else you love and revere, then hey, maybe it should all be fair game. Do you understand where I'm getting at? That's how Christians feel with names like that. P.S. I don't think for a second that the name of someone you love should be degraded. Nor should someone I love either. That's my point.
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoI am not quite sure that I do understand. Firstly I don't have any problem with art mocking my mother or anyone else. Secondly I think mocking my mother is more personal than mocking my religion so your argument doesn't quite work. Thirdly people of many religions listen to black metal, and are aware that often it is a parody of itself.
- breadnwater 14y agoI don't believe you. Ditto @Buzaga
- booruguru 14y agoWell then there's nothing further to discuss.
- Buzaga 14y agowhat happened to "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"? Yes, I don't object.
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- user24 14y agoAlmost anything is offensive to some group or other. Who decides, a benevolent dictator?
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- mikecane 14y ago> Next Big Thing is not a place for ... anything else flat out offensive. Said Putin about Pussy Riot.
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoIt looks like they have removed this now.