Comment by Terr_

Comment by Terr_ 5 days ago

4 replies

It's really interesting to imagine what might happen if people had a legal right to filter their own digital experience without retaliation.

Sure, it might deepen some echo-chambers, but it also might curb the worst excesses of the advertisement/spyware economy.

Terr_ 5 days ago

P.S.: Some implicit aspects:

1. It would be something you can easily to assert to stop dumb lawsuits quickly without expense.

2. You can't blindly sign it away through click-wrap agreements.

3. It extends to helping others with the creation/sale of filtering tools, unofficial patches, and jailbreaks.

Spivak 5 days ago

Isn't this the dream of bluesky?

  • Terr_ 5 days ago

    I don't think so: A federated network of social-media mini-sites doesn't really relate to things like blocking ads in your browser, automatically filtering out sections of radio/podcasts in your car that happen to contain siren noises, or a parent putting up barriers to adult content on a device.

    • Spivak 5 days ago

      Are web not taking about being able to curate/moderate/filter your own feeds?

      Because one of Bluesky's goals is to have 3rd party filtering and moderation.