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We have heard the rumblings, now it comes.... the Code of Conduct for social media along with the banhammer.
From Bloomberg we get this warning:
U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours as part of a joint commitment with the European Union to combat the use of social media by terrorists.
Of course terrorists are defined down to "unambiguous hate speech that they said promoted racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism" before the short article ends.
Buckle up folks, the ride is is about to get bumpy.
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Life is not for everyone.
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday June 02 2016, @05:01AM
Then they came for the people who did not know the difference between "there" and "there", or for that matter between "then" and "than", and so, nothing of value was lost. Why cannot the superior race spell there own language prophetically?
(Score: 2) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @06:29AM
First off, I have dyslexia & ADHD, so I am bound to make some mistakes. If the least of my mistakes is using their instead of there, or vice versa, then I feel I am doing good.
Second, with education always lacking enough funds, are you surprised that people who have been thru the underfunded education system to make mistakes?
Third. Who the fuck cares, right?
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday June 02 2016, @07:27AM
Dislexia, eh? Welcome to the club, bro! Can'r read one way to the other, but still manage to make sense of things. But I often suspect that it is not some learning disability that is to blame, but rather a dis-ability at learning! Please view Weird Al Yankovic on Word Crimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc [youtube.com] Heh, heh.
(Score: 2) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:09AM
You apparently know nothing about dyslexia and more important, you know nothing about ADHD. If you bothered to learn instead of being a grammar nazi, you'd know that dyslexia doesn't just cover how you see words, and better yet, if you knew anything about ADHD, you'd understand how easy it is for me to get confused by which words are what to use, when they are similar. But that's okay, because I expect such behaviors on people who feel it's important to correct peoples grammar.
(Score: 0, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:37AM
Well, obviously you do not know that I have had dyslexia, and some kind of disorder for two and a half millenium, so I would suggest that you go and learn how to speak, and spell, and type, and communicate, because otherwise it appears that you are a self-pitying case of fail. Get some discipline, you illiterate idiot! Yes, it is harder for those of us with the conditions, but we end up better as the result of the struggle, and less tolerant of the slackers who claim to have our disabilities in order to cover for their laziness! Have some respect for grammar nazis who have had to work very hard to get there! (yes, there, not "their", or "they're"). Props, you loser! Give them up!
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:57AM
Dude, shut the fuck up. You are the retard who went to correct me and fucked up yourself.
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday June 02 2016, @09:13AM
Ah! And you think that was not intentional? C'mon, nyder, chill out and just stop being a racist. It's not hard, all the rest of us have done it, and we still are intact.
(Score: 2, Troll) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @09:37AM
Nope, wasn't intentional, you are just a piece of shit person, a grammar nazi that tried to show someone up, but fucked up himself. Now you are doubling down on stupid.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:07AM
Then they came for the people who did not know the difference between "there" and "there"
I believe you meant [wikipedia.org]: "there" and "their" :]
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:24AM
Yes, of course, that is what I meant. Seriously.
(Score: 2, Funny) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:27AM
Well, fucking let me know when the superior race gets here, because you ain't it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @11:17AM
I love it when Grammar Nazis try to correct people and massively fuck up. No one's perfect and we should all be a little more tolerant when people make mistakes. In most cases it's pretty easy to tell when someone meant "their" but wrote "there" by accident. A simple question, without being a jerk about it, can clear it up if it was a mistake and made the sentence unclear. If someone does it consistently a polite message asking if what they meant was "their" is much better than going all holier than thou condescending asshole, then screw up yourself. Which, IMHO, deserves relentless mocking.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 02 2016, @12:57PM
"He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones," is a good policy.
I will say though that when somebody is trying to make an argument consistent grammatical and spelling errors will rob it of its force. For my part I am often grateful no such consensus exists about the rules of punctuation; there are areas of agreement but beyond those the niceties vary widely. I like Strunk & White while others prefer the Chicago Manual of Style, et cetera.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 02 2016, @02:15PM
We're here - and for the most part, we don't care much about spelling. But, it can be fun to kick someone around now and then, using their spelling as an excuse.
BTW - never eat the troll bait.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by nyder on Thursday June 02 2016, @08:25AM
oh that's great, I didn't even notice that. Grammar nazi fucked up himself. what a loser.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 02 2016, @12:50PM
Also possible: "there" and "they're."
Washington DC delenda est.