Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread x1101
I want to be clear that I don't actually enjoy vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity. It definitely dilutes the content. On Dec 13, 2016, Mike Ray wrote: >On 13/12/2016 18:58, Dave Lee wrote: >> I have to disagree with this to a point. >> >> I think that having an explicit

Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread Mike Ray
On 13/12/2016 18:58, Dave Lee wrote: > I have to disagree with this to a point. > > I think that having an explicit tag for the odd contextual swear word is > fine, and I may want to listen to those episodes, so I'm not going to > filter out episodes on the basis of the explicit tag. However,

Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread David L. Willson
Couple thoughts from my comfy chair: I think that anyone that cares about sorting out the kinds of offensive material should, like VidAngel, create their own derivative stream with all the things that might offend called out. That way, people that are offended by various words, topics, or

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 99, Issue 7

2016-12-13 Thread lostnbronx
t;> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> > -- > > Sent from my portable digital telecommunications device. > Please forgive brevity and any mistakes. > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was sc

Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread x1101
The question is, how to do we provide information to you (and others) that this might contain “aggressive” language, while not restricting what folks say? Do we add a “very explicit” tag? An Explicit-o-meter™? I can’t help but feel that if the answer we come up with is “censorship” then we need

Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread Venant
yes keep the tag... I was refering to the blatent display on the website... i thought we decided that they are all "explicit" unless specifically marked "clean". thank you. -brian Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland. Original Message

Re: [Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread Venant
I do not like the "explicit tag" at all... I understand the use for certain distribution systems, but certainly do not like to even think about "clean" or "explicit" unless I wish to... we have been over this before... what is "explicit" in your environment? how many tags do we need? In the

[Hpr] Spaceman

2016-12-13 Thread Todd
I appreciate that HPR does not censor submissions. HPR is for adults who have the ability to decide what they will listen to. I dont mind occasional foul language, and I think it is OK for spaceman to submit episodes that many consider offensive. Because of his language and tone, I have