Moronic Guardian CiF article of the day

[lazy_hoor]

If not ever.

Twitter cannot be allowed to operate outside the law


"Facebook and Twitter must be reeled in," froths Richard Hillgrove, business and political public relations consultant and safari hat fan. "Clearly, they are going to have to introduce a delay mechanism so that content can be checked before it goes up."

I'd love to know how he thinks

Comments

[mollydot]

With that volume, the checking is going to have to be outsourced. I suggest getting the users to do it. "@username has just tweeted 'xyzzy'. Publish?". I can't see any problems whatsoever with that.

[lazy_hoor]

How much would it cost to outsource? How many people would Twitter need to employ for such a large volume of tweets?

I don't think many would have the time or the inclination to censor their own Twitter feed either.

[lazy_hoor]

Someone with better maths skills than me worked it out

[mollydot]

That's why I'm suggesting the completely-foolproof-and-couldn't-possiblly-go-wrong-in-any-way-whatsoever method of getting twitter users, who are all bias-free, intelligent, and capable of understanding any language and context thrown at them, to do it. Can't fail.

[the_meanest_cat]

Lol... that comment says it all.

[lazy_hoor]

I wonder do CiF contributors get paid? I reckon I could knock off an ill-informed rant on any topic in a matter of minutes.

[thipe]

I could knock off several things in a matter of minutes

[lazy_hoor]

I'll bet.