On 7 Jun 2019 at 14:47, Brian Vogel wrote:
Elsewhere where I am a moderator there is both a "spambot" that scans for spam,
and where phrases can be added, and I think that already exists in some form
here when I look at the activity log on the groups I moderate here and the lack
of spam.? In addition, though, there is a "nasty word" filter that every
message is passed through and that sanitizes same which, while convenient, I
really don't support because what the person who set it up considers "nasty" is
far more restrictive than what I think should be allowed in discussions among
adults.
I agree 100% with you on everything you said in this message Brian. If I were
setting up such a file of "bad" words it would be completely empty. I don't
believe there are such things as bad words, just bad use of words, and you
would need a very good AI system to weed that out.
As to the old, "But what about the children?!!," plaint, my response is, "But
where are the parents who should be carefully monitoring the amount of time
their child(ren) can spend online and exactly what they've been looking at and
are allowed to look at."? ?Yes, it's a pain to do, but raising children
involves all sorts of things that are pains to do.
If the children are properly educated they will have been taught what use of
words is unacceptable and why, so censorship of that kind is then irrelevant.
As you say, it's up to the parents to take responsibility for such things, not
to expect software to do it for them. Monitoring of everything they see
on-line, though, is not possible these days, because parents have no control
over what they might be shown on other children's phones when in school or
playing together.
Jim--
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