Comments on: Flag This

By: Al S. E.

Al S. E. — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:12:00 +0000

I am putting together a separate blog on this particular topic.

By: L

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:39:00 +0000

I’d love to see a flagged blogs list — never even noticed it until you pointed it out

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:11:00 +0000

Steph – Heh, heh. You said “dickhead.”

Molly – Welcome and thank you! Of course you’re right. Google is not obligated to afford us free speech. But in the U.S. the concept is so ingrained that people get really crabby when they think their right to voice any opinion is being abridged, even if it’s by a private corporation that owns all the hardware and software and lets us use it free. In other words, Google might find that, while they can do this if they want to, after a while they don’t really want to anymore.
Well-said about the falsely democratic bullshit.

G.D. – Did you really flag my ass? Because I see that my “flag” button is not lit. After I wrote that post I flagged my own ass, and the flag button lit up and stayed lit. I thought I was only flagging that post, but then I realized it was flagging the whole page, which was eight posts and getting longer. So I clicked the button again to unflag my ass, and it reflected that action.

So now I think when you flag someone, they don’t even know. I probably won’t know when they remove me from the Who’s Who, either. Life’s a bitch.

By: -G.D.

-G.D. — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:17:00 +0000

I just flagged your ass.

By: molly

molly — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:09:00 +0000

BUT, having said that, of course I agree that flagging sucks.
Objectionable content is a problem with no easy answer, and they make it sound very easy. For me, the most objectionable content in “flagging” is the falsely democratic tone of the explanation. They will rely on the blogging community to tell them when to crack down on us. Hmmmm…
Erin is right, you have a great blog. Congratulations.

By: molly

molly — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:56:00 +0000

This blog is free. Blogger set is all up, and all we do is click on the boxes. Of course they kept control over the whole thing, like when your dad gave you the keys to the car. He didn’t sign the title over to you.
The explanation of flagging refers to “we”, but I don’t really know very much about who “they” are, except they refer to themselves as “Google”, and that’s like me calling myself “Teacher”.
The flag explanation talks about the blogging “community”, but this is a no-cost-to-us community, and that means we have no control, either, within this format.
I have been a guest in enough situations to know that “they” can kick you out at any time, and you’d better know where your suitcase is. (Back up anything you want to keep. Your computer may crash tomorrow. Carpe diem.)
Of course the Linux people are right, but who wants to spend the time to be independent? I’d rather pay my electric bill than chop down all those trees.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:28:00 +0000

That flag thing seems so ripe for abuse–is that really such a good idea? I guess it’s supposed to like Neighborhood Watch, but what if your neighbor’s a dickhead?

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:35:00 +0000

I’ve learned always to assume that women are young. It’s not exactly flirting. It’s self-preservation.

By: kStyle

kStyle — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:23:00 +0000

Why do you assume I’m young?

(Yes, it’s all about me today)

By: Larry Jones

Larry Jones — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:45:00 +0000

Are you threatening me, young lady? Don’t you be waving your flag in my face.