[Foundation-l] Call for referendum

[Tom Morris]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:02, Fajro <faigos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:28 PM,  <onthebrinkandfalling at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> What am I misunderstanding? Surely there is a difference between the "filter bubble" that decides what content to show me on it's own, and an "opt-in" filter where I can decide for myself what content I may or may not want to see?
>
>
> yes, but you still would be in a bubble.
>

Hmm. I think the problem with filter bubbles is that you don't even
see, say, stories from your political opponents. There is quite a
substantial difference between not even knowing that Google or
Facebook are removing news about a particular topic, and voluntarily
choosing not to see, say, the images on the 'Fisting' article.

That's not necessarily an argument for the opt-in filter, but I don't
see how the comparison with the so-called 'filter bubble' is a good
one. I'd have a problem if people started making overwrought
comparison to Nazi book burnings too. Justifying such an overwrought
comparison by saying "well, the material would still be censored"
isn't helpful to the discussion.

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