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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (392)	7/10/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: John Biddle	Respond to of 2340

. . . I'll bet my Cheeky reputation on it, THAT SI will NEVER have an ignore poster feature, and I agree with that stance. Freedom of speech. I don't understand how my ignoring an SI member's posts is an infringement in any way of his/her freedom of speech. I'm as big a free speech supporter as anyone, but your connection between my proposal to enhance my ability to ignore, with the free speech rights of posters is illogical. In no way does my ignoring a post affect the free speech rights of the poster because his message is still there for all to see, if they choose to see it. In my proposal they would specifically have to take action to ignore it. By default, every message would be seen. Other than diminishing the audience of people who don't want their audience diminished, I see only benefits. If free speech is your only argument, and I think it's a very weak one indeed, I'll take that bet.