Comments on: Filtering out stupidity ‘a kind of genius’

By: DRM Koolaid

DRM Koolaid — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:59:25 +0000

“But, if itâs distributed FOSS, it would be worth playing with.
I certainly would NOT pay for it without FULL play first.”

Indeed, there would be no harm in playing with a free product, but they don’t so anything about that on the website. The design of that website also doesn’t inspire confidence, really.

Oh and the earth is flat my friend. Give me some money and I’ll prove it to you! lol

By: Dreddsnik

Dreddsnik — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:34:25 +0000

I tend to agree DRM,

But, if it’s distributed FOSS, it would be worth playing with.
I certainly would NOT pay for it without FULL play first.

Who knows, anything is possible.
People used to be certain the earth was flat too.

By: DRM Koolaid

DRM Koolaid — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:26:04 +0000

This “stupidity filter” is snake oil to forums such as this, just as DRM is to Big Media.

There’s no computer on earth yet invented that has thinking capacity even remotely like a human that can figure this stuff out. Heck, troll and/or stupid/whatever posts are often too ambiguous and subtle to pick them up reliably even with a human, let alone the primitive computers we have today.

Don’t be a stupid dumbass by falling for it.

By: Dreddsnik

Dreddsnik — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:43:18 +0000

If it DID work flawlessly tho, it truly WOULD be a work of genius.

Beyond a doubt.

By: Dreddsnik

Dreddsnik — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:37:54 +0000

I don’t see it working.
It MAY do ok, but it will never be able to identify
nuance and context, which are all factors in determining
the difference between stupidity, and sarcasm, and all
of the grey areas in between.

Only a real live person can do that.
( heh, sometimes a real live person can’t even get it )

I doubt I could comfortably allow a machine to perform that totally on it’s own.

By: KChan

KChan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:35:46 +0000

Hummm Troll Filter…. Nice

By: Mostly Harmless

Mostly Harmless — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:25:35 +0000

“…founding companies based on internet memes…”

I’m thinking those sites would be completely blocked by StupidFilter. ;-P

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:56:00 +0000

sounds like an interesting software development project.
could lead to good posts being lost though.

as for filter public stupidity, best way I’ve found is to stay home with the TV turned off.

By: surfer

surfer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:51:52 +0000

can they make it in cape form so I can wear it in public?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:12:28 +0000

what do they define as stupidity? a spelling mistake? a curse word? I’ll be the first here to say shenanigans.