[sldev] Your Feedback Wanted on Search Flagging !

Sylvio Deutsch overtake at keynet.com.br
Sat May 3 01:16:58 PDT 2008


Well said Felix, I agree totally.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felix Duesenburg" <kfa at gmx.net>
To: "Jeska Dzwigalski" <jeska at lindenlab.com>
Cc: <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Your Feedback Wanted on Search Flagging !


> I'm afraid this is like shouting against a tidal wave, and maybe off
> topic on a dev list. But since feedback is asked I have to seize the
> opportunity and say my opinion anyway. While appreciating LL's efforts
> to listen to the user community, it's that community that has me worried
> much more in this context. I am truly appalled by this correctness
> craze. People seem to be more scared of a breast popping on their screen
> than of nuclear bombs or legal systems going haywire. Maybe it has to do
> with where one comes from... but whenever I see such a thing being
> considered, I get a flashback of the so-called German Democratic
> Republic, where half the population made sure that the other half toed
> the line. To cut a long rant short, I am against any flagging, rating or
> other system that facilitates and encourages public denounciation of
> perceived aberrations. The only ones who should get a say in this matter
> are the immediate neighbours of a parcel, or those living in the same
> region or within visible render distance. Whether it's about the
> PG/Mature distinction or any individual local standard, the general
> public should not get to enforce a regional rule. But there seem to be
> so many people actually wanting this that we are led to believe applying
> the rule of democracy is the only right thing to do. Then I'm again
> reminded that democracy and liberty are two completely different things
> - even "good" democracies have the potential to turn hostile against
> minority opinions and forms of expression. If I don't like a place I
> have the liberty to go elsewhere, only their neighbours can't so easily,
> that's why they alone may object. Generally, the liberty of the creator
> weighs higher than the casual visitor's individual taste or decency
> threshold. But that seems to be just my lone opinion these days. Can't
> anyone see that we're going back to the middle ages when we didn't know
> to distinguish moral and criminal code...?
> 
> Felix
> 
> 
> Jeska Dzwigalski wrote:
>> Hello!
>> 
>> You've been asking us to do better with inappropriate content and
>> content classification and we've been listening. In an effort to make
>> our abuse reporting system easier to access and more effective, we are
>> planning to introduce a flagging system for our search results - and
>> we'd love to get your feedback.
>> 
>> ...
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