Running Order for November 17th
First of all - sorry to all of you trying to post on the blog. Again, we are working hard to fix it. If you are having problems please send us an email: ipm@bbc.co.uk
So, things have changed, and quite a lot. This is how it's looking now,
And here's the first draft from earlier in the week:
Social lending quickly turned out to be nothing like a new version of the old Friendly Societies. Climate change, growing concern that if we did do it then we should go to town on it. Also not everyone convinced you can do art on the radio. I say tosh - so it's still in the running order.
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The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
November 14, 2007
Vital facts 'deleted' from UN report on climate change
Germane to item 1?
Salaams
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By Charles Clover, London
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/vital-facts-deleted-from-un-report-on-climate-change/2007/11/13/1194766675413.html
A MAJOR United Nations report on climate change has been watered down as a result of influence from government officials from countries opposed to taking radical action, conservation group WWF claims.
It says "vital facts" have been cut from the report's summary, including a warning of more destructive hurricanes, the warming of the upper Pacific Ocean and the loss of glaciers in the European Alps.
What's the spam story? Doesn't sound particularly new from the slug you've written there.
If you're going to run the story though, why not the people who run the BBC Blog Network to talk about how many spam comments they get (thousands a day) and what they're going to do about it?
Frankie..
There is a big - and I mean big - meeting about the spam problem next week. I can only apologise again for the problems. Our spam story comes from the people who are behind "Stupidfilter". In truth, it's less about spam - but more about how the anti-spam technology is being used in other ways to screen out the acres of junk online - with a view to making your web experience a more intelligent one.
Comment on a blog? Don't make me laugh.
Rupert
Sounds very interesting
If this inventor's work keeps only 50% of the daily rubbish away from my computer, I'll buy the round of drinks...
In any event, any step to "ring-fence" the rubbish is to be welcomed
StupidFilter sounds a bit stupid. From what it says on their site, it has nothing to do with spam (in the sense of automated mass spamming of e-mail and blog comments), and instead seems to be entirely aimed at detected the kinds of comments made by kids and young teenagers.
I question who would actually use this - bloggers don't tend to get loads of kids commenting on their blogs, unless that's who they are trying to attract. Automated spam is a far bigger problem. Sure, YouTube is full of immature comments, but I can't see Google implementing the algorithm, and in any case it's down to the individual who posted a video up to moderate the comments.
Still, I can see how the elitist internet idea might appeal to a R4 audience...
Frankie Roberto @ 6, StupidFilter sounded as if it's mainly intended for people who a few years ago would simply have plonked sight unseen everything that came through or from AOL. See also those who believe that it is always October on newsnet.