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Automated DMCA Takedown Notices Request Censorship of Legitimate Sites
Techmeology writes "Microsoft has sent automated DMCA notices to Google demanding the removal of several legitimate URLs from its search results that Microsoft claims were facilitating the distribution of illegal copies of Windows 8, including links to BBC news articles, Wikipedia pages, U.S. government websites, and even Bing! The erroneous DMCA notices are being sent automatically by rights holders, who are increasingly using such techniques."
This comment was at a +5 Funny until this happened a day later. What do you think slashdot? Did I piss off a moderator, or did a bunch of people come along later that legitimately thought it was flamebait? I know that it was a bit vulgar and all, but I thought slashdot was about letting the moderation system sort these things out.
Look where all this talking got us, baby.
Did I piss off a moderator, or did a bunch of people come along later that legitimately thought it was flamebait? I know that it was a bit vulgar and all, but ...
Not sure. I don't know if /. applies an weighted average or ONLY the latest moderation type to the label. The latter would be unfair but it seems to be what happens here happened. If so, mods had a herd-mentality-type chain reaction to a single adverse mod "changing" Funny to "Flamebait" for your comment. After all, highly rated comments tend to bring more eyeballs and weird whiplash than just +2 mods I tend to get.
While we are on topic, have you ever done a double take when you see the moderation label AFTER reading a comment that felt tasteless? a lot of WHOOSHing comments happen before anyone has mod-HINTED that the comments are supposed to be funny. Knowing the "intended" funny mod totally changes the tone of the poster as if by magic :)