Because turning it off will "stop" all "verbal abuse", right!/s
Maybe the platform, in this case Twitter, is IRRELEVANT because people will complain *regardless* of the medium. That's what people do: Communicate. Popular and Unpopular ideas.
Trying to crack down on bullshit "hate speech" is not the solution either -- a) that will just drive it underground, and b) it also becomes a slippery slope. What is fine today to express may not be tomorrow. Either you allow people to express their opinions or you don't.
The Signal:Noise ratio, and misinformation will ALWAYS exist on any medium. The best way to handle is to provide a place so people can discuss their idiosyncrasies without fear of retaliation. You can't overcome ignorance by avoiding the topic.
But apparently its too fucking hard to just ignore those you disagree with on Twitter.
*Already* happened with JavaSchit, er, Javascript -- the BASIC of the new millennium!/me ducks/s =P
When you have to use string literal HACKS like "use strict"; to catch typos -- the language is fucked.
But that's what you get when a language was designed and implemented in 10 days by an amateur and learnt NOTHING about WHY professionals hated noob languages like BASIC.
You are not alone. Quality is going down the drain.
I've been an Amazon customer for 20 years. Last year was the *first* time I ever returned anything. I ordered a wooden chess board. It _arrived_ with a corner damaged despite being in cardboard/foam!? Returned it, bought another one. It ALSO arrived damaged. WTF?! I don't dare take my chances a third time. Plus I can't find a comparable board. (Even tried dedicated chess shops but they don't have anything close to what I want in features, aesthetics, and price.)
Needless to say, ordering a whole lot LESS this year after being burned.
That's why the publishing companies invented Copyright -- to stop other publishers!
The first copyright privilege in England bears date 1518 and was issued to Richard Pynson, King's Printer, the successor to William Caxton. The privilege gives a monopoly for the term of two years. The date is 15 years later than that of the first privilege issued in France. Early copyright privileges were called "monopolies," particularly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who frequently gave grants of monopolies in articles of common use, such as salt, leather, coal, soap, cards, beer, and wine. The practice was continued until the Statute of Monopolies was enacted in 1623, ending most monopolies, with certain exceptions, such as patents; after 1623, grants of Letters patent to publishers became common.
As the "menace" of printing spread, governments established centralized control mechanisms, and in 1557 the English Crown thought to stem the flow of seditious and heretical books by chartering the Stationers' Company. The right to print was limited to the members of that guild, and thirty years later the Star Chamber was chartered to curtail the "greate enormities and abuses" of "dyvers contentyous and disorderlye persons professinge the arte or mystere of pryntinge or selling of books." The right to print was restricted to two universities and to the 21 existing printers in the city of London, which had 53 printing presses. The French crown also repressed printing, and printer Etienne Dolet was burned at the stake in 1546. As the English took control of type founding in 1637, printers fled to the Netherlands. Confrontation with authority made printers radical and rebellious, and 800 authors, printers and book dealers were incarcerated in the Bastille before it was stormed in 1789. The notion that the expression of dissent or subversive views should be tolerated, not censured or punished by law, developed alongside the rise of printing and the press. The Areopagitica, published in 1644 under the full title Areopagitica: A speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England, was John Milton's response to the English parliament re-introducing government licensing of printers, hence publishers. In doing so Milton articulated the main strands of future discussions about freedom of expression. By defining the scope of freedom of expression and of "harmful" speech Milton argued against the principle of pre-censorship and in favour of tolerance for a wide range of views.
I'll believe it when it when they give **users** better tools to flag clickbait when content creators pull shenanigans like hiding the number of up/down votes or just outright disabling comments.
*Cough* Verge PC Building "Guide" created by an idiot then blames the community for being "toxic" when they are called out on their ignorance.
Actually, they know _exactly_ that you want TV a la carte -- the thing is they don't care. What are you going to do? They know they have you over a barrel.
A few piddly people "cutting the cord" isn't going to get them to stop.
If people were smart they would **cooperatively organize** a month of no cable / streaming to send a message. But they won't so nothing will change with licensing shenanigans like this.
The HBO TV series True Blood used a similar joke with the "Book of the Vampyr" aka the original (vampire) bible older then OT. Which is kind of ironic that the Judaic Torah completely censored Lilith, Adams first wife, before Eve hijacked the narrative.
Apparently the mods are extremely cranky today or woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Ask a legitimate question and get marked as troll. LOL. Guess someone is hyper-sensitive that their belief isn't the only perspective and too insecure to admit it.
/satire: The "solution" is just to ban all speech. Then no one can say anything that gets your panties in a knot since all speech is banned. "Problem solved!"/s
Seriously though:
Either you have 100% free speech (and allow "bad words") or you have censorship (and eventually block everything.) There is no middle ground by definition.
People who are "hurt" by words need to grow the fuck up and stop trying to micro-manage everybody else from expressing an opinion.
* control the overall volume * can turn the bass up/down * can turn the center channel up/down * can pause * can rewind * can watch at my convenience instead of being dictated * can take bathroom breaks * can get "free" snacks when I want * can turn captions on/off * can move my seat closer or further * always have the best seat in the house * can use headphones if i want so I don't disturb others in the house * can use my phone if I want * can save money * don't have to robbed paying for overpriced food * don't have to worry about sticky floors * don't have to ignore people/kids that won't STFU * don't have to pay an arm and a leg to watch the latest overpriced crap * don't have to watch 15+ mins. of bullshit trailers & ads * don't have to worry about fuel & parking * don't feel obligated to laugh at crappy jokes because everybody else is
I can wait 6+ months to see the latest Hollywood crap.
There are very few movies that makes the "theater experience" (*) worthwhile.
(*) "Theater experience" to be read in a stuffy, British voice. =P
Slashdot Mirror
DOH! :-)
If we tell you it will no longer be a secret. :-) /s
Answers? We just kracked/cracked the game ad removed those stupid questions. :-)
Or if we were really lazy would just write down all the correct answers.
Dam kids. Now get off my LAN^H^H^H Wifi. /s
Because turning it off will "stop" all "verbal abuse", right! /s
Maybe the platform, in this case Twitter, is IRRELEVANT because people will complain *regardless* of the medium. That's what people do: Communicate. Popular and Unpopular ideas.
Trying to crack down on bullshit "hate speech" is not the solution either -- a) that will just drive it underground, and b) it also becomes a slippery slope. What is fine today to express may not be tomorrow. Either you allow people to express their opinions or you don't.
The Signal:Noise ratio, and misinformation will ALWAYS exist on any medium. The best way to handle is to provide a place so people can discuss their idiosyncrasies without fear of retaliation. You can't overcome ignorance by avoiding the topic.
But apparently its too fucking hard to just ignore those you disagree with on Twitter.
That would require planning and brains. The antithesis of Government / Politics.
Worse. Marketing.
Hey, it's "works" for the audiophile industry! /s
ItsAtrap.
Gee, government wanting to dig its fingers into chat?
It's a trap, that's what.
Exploitation.
Talk about a complete lack of respect for people's time, space, mind, and health.
And your link is WHERE again?
Instead of just complaining how about offering a solution as well?
*Already* happened with JavaSchit, er, Javascript -- the BASIC of the new millennium! /me ducks /s =P
When you have to use string literal HACKS like "use strict"; to catch typos -- the language is fucked.
But that's what you get when a language was designed and implemented in 10 days by an amateur and learnt NOTHING about WHY professionals hated noob languages like BASIC.
You are not alone. Quality is going down the drain.
I've been an Amazon customer for 20 years. Last year was the *first* time I ever returned anything. I ordered a wooden chess board. It _arrived_ with a corner damaged despite being in cardboard/foam!? Returned it, bought another one. It ALSO arrived damaged. WTF?! I don't dare take my chances a third time. Plus I can't find a comparable board. (Even tried dedicated chess shops but they don't have anything close to what I want in features, aesthetics, and price.)
Needless to say, ordering a whole lot LESS this year after being burned.
Yeah, yeah, the meme of /. "editors" being useless continues for another year.
That's why the publishing companies invented Copyright -- to stop other publishers!
I'll believe it when it when they give **users** better tools to flag clickbait when content creators pull shenanigans like hiding the number of up/down votes or just outright disabling comments.
*Cough* Verge PC Building "Guide" created by an idiot then blames the community for being "toxic" when they are called out on their ignorance.
They are the middleman between consumers and content licensing.
Consumers can't directly challenge content licensing practices. That leaves cable / streaming.
Yes, content licensing is a clusterfuck (due to greed).
However if people put pressure on cable / streaming companies thing might change.
Actually, they know _exactly_ that you want TV a la carte -- the thing is they don't care. What are you going to do? They know they have you over a barrel.
A few piddly people "cutting the cord" isn't going to get them to stop.
If people were smart they would **cooperatively organize** a month of no cable / streaming to send a message. But they won't so nothing will change with licensing shenanigans like this.
LOL! Nice.
The HBO TV series True Blood used a similar joke with the "Book of the Vampyr" aka the original (vampire) bible older then OT. Which is kind of ironic that the Judaic Torah completely censored Lilith, Adams first wife, before Eve hijacked the narrative.
Apparently the mods are extremely cranky today or woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Ask a legitimate question and get marked as troll. LOL. Guess someone is hyper-sensitive that their belief isn't the only perspective and too insecure to admit it.
Just another day on /.'s groupthink.
You DO realize that there is more then one religion, right?
1. Uh, you DO realize Hugh Hefner died in 2017 right?
2. His last name is Hawking
> truth to be found is in the Bible
Which one?
/satire: The "solution" is just to ban all speech. Then no one can say anything that gets your panties in a knot since all speech is banned. "Problem solved!" /s
Seriously though:
Either you have 100% free speech (and allow "bad words") or you have censorship (and eventually block everything.) There is no middle ground by definition.
People who are "hurt" by words need to grow the fuck up and stop trying to micro-manage everybody else from expressing an opinion.
Fuck Helen Mirren. (Not literally of course.)
I watch movies at home because I can:
* control the overall volume
* can turn the bass up/down
* can turn the center channel up/down
* can pause
* can rewind
* can watch at my convenience instead of being dictated
* can take bathroom breaks
* can get "free" snacks when I want
* can turn captions on/off
* can move my seat closer or further
* always have the best seat in the house
* can use headphones if i want so I don't disturb others in the house
* can use my phone if I want
* can save money
* don't have to robbed paying for overpriced food
* don't have to worry about sticky floors
* don't have to ignore people/kids that won't STFU
* don't have to pay an arm and a leg to watch the latest overpriced crap
* don't have to watch 15+ mins. of bullshit trailers & ads
* don't have to worry about fuel & parking
* don't feel obligated to laugh at crappy jokes because everybody else is
I can wait 6+ months to see the latest Hollywood crap.
There are very few movies that makes the "theater experience" (*) worthwhile.
(*) "Theater experience" to be read in a stuffy, British voice. =P
Human's aren't exactly the sharpest species in the galaxy. More like the dumbest. As one alien said:
"You mean you have to PAY to live on the planet you were BORN on???"
Yet somehow, "dumb animals" have lived for millions of years without money. Go figure.