[Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Sun Oct 9 19:19:33 UTC 2011


> Since no one has explicitly come out and said exactly what the issue is
> here, I'll ask:
>
> *What exactly is harmful about an opt-in filter? *If it's opt-in, then
> you have the choice to not even enable it if you so choose. You don't
> have to use it; it'd just be an option in the preferences page or maybe
> even a link on the margin similar to the WikiBooks link I never use. Can
> another option or link you never click really hurt the world, or even an
> individual for that matter?

You don't get to grind someone's nose into your shit.

Fred





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