This really made me smile.
Finally, the end of stupidity on the Internet. Some guys are making an "idiot filter" to get rid of all of those unintelligible comments and postings by the stupid people on the 'Net.
"How does it work? Say a user wants to post a really, really dumb comment on, for example, cnnmoney.com, where some of you might be reading this now.
If cnnmoney had the filter installed on its servers, it would intercept the comment just before it was published and flash a little alert at the author that reads: "This comment is more or less unintelligible. Please try to restate it."
The writer would get another crack at it, and another, until at last he was able to muster a few words of intelligence, or in frustration wandered off to inflict those LOL!!!!!s and OMG!!!!s on some more tolerant site."
Cool. The article goes on to explain how it's programmed and everything, and it seems like quite the project. There are several problems and questions to be worked out, but it may bring sanity and intelligence back to the Internet.
Hopefully.
Posted by Shenlon at November 14, 2007 01:22 PM