I agree. We shouldn't try to find technical solutions to social problems. "Jason Self" <[email protected]> wrote:
>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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse lack of OpenPGP signature and brevity.
