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Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments (salon.com)
2 points by bootload on March 23, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


"... There are few filters online. That means that just about anything that gets typed into the little "comments" box gets posted. ..."

Stood out as something that could be looked at. Search allows you to find things. Filters block what probably shouldn't be there in the first place.


Online anonymity is free speech. That's why it's so uncomfortable.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right. -- Learned Hand




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