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The Next Logical Step in Evolution of the Web

Category: Technology
Posted on: November 13, 2007 6:17 AM, by Greg Laden

StupidFilter was conceived out of necessity. Too long have we suffered in silence under the tyranny of idiocy. In the beginning, the internet was a place where one could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, Eternal September hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has compounded the matter yet further, straining our tolerance to the breaking point

If you don't understand what we're talking about, just move along, nothing to see here...

For the rest of you..

The Project to End Stupidity Online is an OpenSource Project dedicated to the noble goal of ending stupidity on line. The reference to Eternal September is a little nuanced and complicated, so if you don't already know what it is, maybe you shouldn't know. Google it. If you can handle that.

The main product of PESO is the StupidFilter Project. "Because the internet needs prophylactics for memetically transmitted diseases."

Here is a sampling of questions from the project's FAQ:


  • How are you going to manage to recognize stupidity programmatically?

  • Isn't filtering stupidity elitist?

  • How do you rate stupidity?

  • I looked at some of the results from the Random Stupidity page, and they don't seem that stupid to me; what gives?

    • What a bunch of stupid questions. But no worries. Once StupidFilter is in place we'll have no more of that.

      If you don't already know what is going on, I suppose you could click here (with your mouse) and see if you understand the information on the web site that will then open up in your browser.

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