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The StupidFilter Project plans to create a filter that will do for idiotic online content what spam filters do for junk mail.
You can’t download it yet and I wonder whether it is a bit of a spoof. We’ll see.
But I like their chutzpah, whether it is a fake or not. Here’s an excerpt from their FAQ:
Isn’t filtering stupidity elitist? Yes. Yes, it is. That’s sort of the whole point.
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Here’s xkcd’s take on the same thing:
http://xkcd.com/202/
Of course, their next step it to start filtering for corporatespeak…
That’s funny. I wonder if they’ll allow user-created filters. Imagine an internet where you can filter out words you don’t like to read.