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Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com
ThinkingInBinary writes "The other day, I was trying to mention bugmenot.com in my Facebook status, and I discovered to my horror that Facebook blocks the phrase 'bugmenot.com' as "abusive" in status updates, messages, and presumably any other communications on the site. Facebook isn't even listed on BugMeNot, as they requested that logins for Facebook be blocked. This is pretty ridiculous, as I can't even send my friends a message mentioning bugmenot.com!"
On Slashdot, I can mention [abusive language filtered] or even [abusive language filtered], why can't I do it on [abusive language filtered]?
Total [abusive language filtered], I say.
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
30 seconds is the different between (Score:5, Funny) and (Score:-1, Redundant).
I think moderation should switch to (Score:Gold Medal) and (Score:Silver Medal) so late punsters don't feel so bad.
Thanks for the update. I was really concerned there for a moment.
Yeah, but do we take away the (Score: Gold Medal) from the Chinese posters who lied about their karma bonus?
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
Why does a dog always have to be kicked? Why can't it be a cat or a rabbit?
Now, I understand why it wouldn't be a snake or a lizard. One a snake would a)slither away or b)bite the bejesus out of you and a lizard would probably just flick its tongue and scamper off.
But can we just leave the dogs out of it? This message is not brought by PETA.
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."
I, personally, agree 100% with circletimessquare when he says:
But some would beg to differ. For a counterpoint from a simpler era, let's turn to a user named "circletimessquare", back in early September, 2008, who wrote:
Clearly, the debate over corporate dominance has bitterly divided friends, families, and even individuals.
Oh sure you joke about it, but if you read anything written in Germany while the Nazis were in charge you'll find that bugmenot.com is missing from all those writings as well.
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you / Now we are one in everlasting peace
I think moderation should switch to (Score:Gold Medal) and (Score:Silver Medal) so late punsters don't feel so bad.
The trouble is if your karma's not the best; "funny" will neither increase nor decrease your karma, while iinm "redundant" is bad for your karma. So if you're going to joke, it's best to make sure you have damned good karma. Not only is there the "redundant" danger, you can (and I often do) get modded "troll" or "flamebait" by the humor-impaired (or maybe because the joke's just not funny).
If you just got done metamoderating you can post anything you damned well please ;)
I don't understand the term "karma whore", whouldn't a karma whore be someone selling karma by modding people up for money? If you're trying to gain karma wouldn't that make you a karma john? According to some arsewaddles in town called PORA who are trying to stamp out prostitution, the poor little whores are victims. So please, stop victimising karma whores by modding them up!
Oops... I'm offtopic. Damned prostitution union will kick me out!
Do we have any karma pimps?
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
"Try it, it's fun. I even bought a fountain pen. It feels nicer than a biro, or typing on the keyboard."
I would, but my scanner is broken so I have no way to email letters.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
And by extension, the probability of misusing Godwin's Law approaches two.
Wait....
Most people don't get why the integral of "e to the x" is so funny. Most math majors don't have a sense of humor.