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Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#11

It sounds interesting, however the dependency on Facebook makes me not want to even try it. What about it requires Facebook integration?

We just needed it for faster integration. And we want to steal market share from FB. :)

Try BrowserID, it has the fastest integration I've ever used (this is with django).

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We just needed it for faster integration. And we want to steal market share from FB. :)

Try BrowserID, it has the fastest integration I've ever used (this is with django).

Great idea. We may integrate that into the system in the next day or so.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#14
I like the idea, and tried to share the site on Facebook. For some reason it came out with just the link and no descriptive text (usually you get the first few sentences from the page, which you can then edit). Something in the way the code is being generated, maybe?

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#17

I like the idea, and tried to share the site on Facebook. For some reason it came out with just the link and no descriptive text (usually you get the first few sentences from the page, which you can then edit). Something in the way the code is being generated, maybe?

Maybe if they have a blank meta description HTML tag?

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#18

I like the idea, and tried to share the site on Facebook. For some reason it came out with just the link and no descriptive text (usually you get the first few sentences from the page, which you can then edit). Something in the way the code is being generated, maybe?

Maybe if they have a blank meta description HTML tag?

Yeah, we didn't right a meta tag... On the to do list.

Re: Show HN: TrollBlock, It's Okay to Dislike

#19
I wonder if this would be useful for mitigating effects of the filter bubble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble

Right off the bat though I have a problem conceptually. If this is at all analogous to Facebook (and perhaps it is not), the onus is now on me to block hundreds of millions of users instead of adding a few hundred. What you could do instead is to block groups of users based on the type of content they share. In this model it's like what stumbleupon would be with only a thumbs down option. And I could see that being a really great way to learn about new interests you would never find otherwise.

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