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RE: What Freedom of Speech is and What it isn't, and My Thoughts on Flagging
very well-reasoned. i agree with pretty much everything except for the flagging, at least the way it's implemented now and bullying.
the flagged comments are so hidden...they might as well be censored. a simple symbol or slight change of color is more than enough to identify a flagged comment. i mean, that's pretty much all you need as long as the community understand what it means right?
and in regards to bullying...i can see where kids need protection from bullies, or when adults need restraining orders to protect them from possible physical danger or other crime. but unless the online bullying crosses one of those lines, i don't think it's any more serious than random name calling. mute seems like a perfect response.
You may be right about how flagged content is displayed.. a simple red flag above, or close to the comment of post could suffice in a lot of cases.
Perhaps a set amount of flags would be needed to make content hidden? It could prevent a small group of individuals constantly attacking someone. I don't know, maybe?
And what I mean by bullying is just that it's not constructive behavior, and most people would like the ability to block that sort of stuff from their view.
I'm personally not even that affected if someone decides to trash talk to me on the internet. My feelings have been hurt by the real world so much that an internet troll rarely hurts my feelings, hah.
They can be annoying, though.