Tommy, those are certainly things that happen with filters. It's why they aren't magic, and why anyone using them needs to be prepared for them raising tensions.
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§ ita § - May 04, 2004 7:49:27 am PDT #7466 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Katie M - May 04, 2004 7:50:55 am PDT #7467 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Yeah, those are completely possible. There is a function to allow you to look at a particular post from a filtered user without unblocking them, so that would make it easier to follow a conversation where one person was blocked.
I'd think that if one were filtering someone else, one would be capable of managing one's posts so as to not make it obvious, though. (Well, minus the example given of a specific question.)
Lyra Jane - May 04, 2004 8:15:53 am PDT #7468 of 10000
Up with the sun
Jesse is right, RIGHT I TELL YOU, that it should just be called user filter. And then, the post should read, "This post has been filtered."
Agreed. Personally, I liked MARCIE and find the term "blinvisible" grating, but I recognize that whatever we call it formally will quickly become background noise. But in general, I think low-whimsy is good for this function.
Well, minus the example given of a specific question.
Eh. You can always say, "sorry, I was skimming." There's no way to prove a post you didn't respond to is filtered.
§ ita § - May 04, 2004 8:22:02 am PDT #7469 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Eh. You can always say, "sorry, I was skimming."
Given a number of people have already copped to pre-event paranoia of being filtered, I don't see this calming things down much. Especially if it happens a lot, or obviously.
tommyrot - May 04, 2004 8:28:28 am PDT #7470 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I know that there's not gonna be a list of who's filtering who, but I'm guessing the filtering won't be very widespread. Maybe after filtering has been going on for a few weeks, a stompy coud say, "15% of (activly posting) Buffistas are using filters - they are filtering an average of 2% of other (actively posting) Buffistas."
Might make people feel better. Of course, if filtering becomes widespread this won't help.
§ ita § - May 04, 2004 8:30:27 am PDT #7471 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Actually, I'd rather not report on filtering at all.
Dana - May 04, 2004 8:38:05 am PDT #7472 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, lord, no. Because putting numbers to it will only convince paranoid people that they're part of that percentage.
Liese S. - May 04, 2004 8:38:35 am PDT #7473 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I definitely agree with ita. I know where you're coming from tommyrot, but I think there is no good way to steer around the potential paranoia and misunderstandings, systematically.
esse - May 04, 2004 9:54:08 am PDT #7474 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Does just the text in the post get blocked? Or the person's name, the entire content of that table, the username, date, post number, etc.
DebetEsse - May 04, 2004 9:56:11 am PDT #7475 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You see the username, date, time, post number, and mark link, but not tag or post.