On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Tobias Oelgarte < tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I would not have any problems if we would not play in the hands of > censors (local ISPs, a simple proxy, regimes, institutions, ...) by > actually labeling content as objectionable. Which gives away the control > over the content by the user itself, while no one would invest the money > if he would need to label the content itself. > So how do you expect those censors to use this? > >> How would you expect to find a good compromise in decisions on what to > >> filter and what not? Do you intend to put an extremist conservative Arab > >> and and the most liberal German inside the same room, close the door, go > >> away, come back after two weeks and look if they could find a compromise > >> about Yes or No? How should this work? > >> > > Quite simple: add one filter for each, and describe for each what they > > filter, then let every user for themself decide whether to filter the > one, > > the other, neither or both. > You should know that there are hundreds of phobias, cultural conflicts > and other categories of possibly objectionable content. Do you expect us > to manage all this categories of filtering, or would you say that it > will be narrowed down to be user friendly and manageable, while leaving > out some categories and ignore the complies of some minorities? > > > >> The referendum showed that cultural neutrality is important for the > >> voters. But how do you think to find a compromise between hell and > >> heaven, without having hell and heaven inside the discussions at commons > >> at earth? > >> > > See above - if your filters are not almost the same, don't use the same > > filter, but create two different ones. > > > > See above at my comment. Maybe we should put this questioning together > as one fact. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
