NODE 972e0ee2Re: self-ratings vs. market ratings
"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>Sat, 11 May 1996 14:05:16 +0800
From: IN%"blancw@MICROSOFT.com" "Blanc Weber" 10-MAY-1996 16:21:20.63
>The more automated that filtering becomes, so that the viewer (be it an
>adult or a child) requires less and less personal involvement in
>evaluating what is appropriate (or even interesting) for themselves, the
>more weak & piddly (ignorant & psychologically dependent) those people
>could become, falling into the habit of having others - or an automatic
>robocop - do their content-filtering for them. Not a good system to
>introduce into a dynamic world-order. Like all automatic things, it can
>encourage intellectual lassitude. Like all tools, this one can also be
>misemployed.
>But, of course, surfers can make a cultural decision: sex&violence? or
>namby-pamby? :>)
A good point. Something to keep in mind with the CyberAngels' liking
for ratings - remember "angels@wavenet.com"'s rantings about "elites"?
-Allen