Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning

Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by dctoedt on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:40PM (#20649098)

To quote the legendary Judge Learned Hand from nearly a century ago (on a different but analogous subject): "Courts have descanted upon the abuse again and again, but the antlike persistency of [patent] solicitors has overcome, and I suppose will continue to overcome, the patience of [Patent Office] examiners, and there is apparently always but one outcome."

Lyon v. Boh, 1 F. 2d 48, 50 (S.D.N.Y. 1926), https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=969659756696519...

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by phnofive on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:58PM (#20649756)

descant: to discuss at length

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by throwaway3627 on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:30AM (#20652311)

Prolix

Garrulify

Enucleate

Perorate

Expatiate

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by Fjolsvith on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:03AM (#20653880)

Such a wasteful existence. To create brief and unremarkable identities and experience rejection of expression.

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by inscionent on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:43AM (#20654799)

Performance art?

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by IIAOPSW on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:48PM (#20649682)

Learned Hand writes epic prose.

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by gumby on Friday August 09, 2019 @12:08PM (#20655631)

He's definitely somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, but his output dropped dramatically years ago and frankly it's been a while since he's had anything useful to say.

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Re:Facebook has been granted patent on shadow banning by IIAOPSW on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:09PM (#20659272)

I was going for a double meaning. Literally a learned person's hand writes epic prose. But also the person named "Learned Hand" writes epic prose.

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