Re:In Memoriam: George Carlin, 7 Words You Can Say on Twitter
by gojomo on Monday June 22, 2009 @03:01PM
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Sad to see this [dead]. Carlin's riff is a classic on media censorship and inconsistent standards.
It is important to note that (thus far) Twitter is uncensored, and all of us who build web systems will face, sooner or later, choices as to whether we allow the full range of language/expression, or some commercially- and socially-acceptable subset.
Re:In Memoriam: George Carlin, 7 Words You Can Say on Twitter
by lionhearted on Monday June 22, 2009 @01:56PM
(#669149)
Wow, I just lost a tiny bit more faith in humanity. Thought that was past happening from seeing things online until I saw the long stream of just... voidless pseudo angry toughness venting ranting whatever it is. All of it, in its real-time glory.
Damn. At least I'm listening to the smoothness of Mix tunes for power coding sessions.
Re:In Memoriam: George Carlin, 7 Words You Can Say on Twitter
by bena on Monday June 22, 2009 @02:03PM
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Well, it is targeting specific keywords that usually have a lot of emotion behind them. These aren't all from one person, not even two, but countless multitudes.
It is important to note that (thus far) Twitter is uncensored, and all of us who build web systems will face, sooner or later, choices as to whether we allow the full range of language/expression, or some commercially- and socially-acceptable subset.
Damn. At least I'm listening to the smoothness of Mix tunes for power coding sessions.