Matija Šuklje <[email protected]> wrote .. > Another problem with existing social networking sites that I see > increasing lately is that people are maintaining their accounts and log in > regularly just to make sure no-one posted anything about them that they > don't agree with (e.g. party photos). > > I propose that GNU Social has a option where the everyone would have the > option to decide whether they want to approve of something publicly posted > about them or not. > > This could be done by e.g. having in the settings an option that would > say: > > Whenever someone tags something (e.g. a photo) with my name on it or posts > something on my page/"wall"[1] I want: > [] not to be bothered about it. > [] to be informed that it happened, so I can check it out and approve or > disapprove of it. > [] to be informed about it and that it is not posted until I have approved > of it. > > Perhaps we could also implement a way to offer the user to make the photo > or data anonymous — e.g. if just one person has disagreed with a group > photo, there could be a system to just blur out that person's face and > remove his name tag from the photo. > > What do you think about it?
Makes me think of censorship. "They can't say things that involve me unless I approve of it." I don't think GNU Social should go there.
