On 21/09/2020 23:02, Eduard Lucena wrote:
Off-topic is allowed in the current guidelines, so this discussion
about
"distracting content" doesn't make sense.
Some people prefer to read curated content. They are entitled to that
opinion.
I used to live in Paris, I would go to museums and galleries to see
artworks that had been curated by people who know much more about
artworks than I do. But many people in Paris do not visit le Musée du
Louvre every day: they look at cat pictures on social media instead,
like people in every other city. That is a choice between
professionally curated artworks and algorithmically curated cat pictures.
I have no objection to curated Planet sites, I simply believe that it is
important to label the site as curated so everybody who looks at it
knows that they only see an official selection of content. I feel the
community is deceived if they are looking at a Planet site or mailing
list and certain views have been hidden.
To have a diverse community and to foster innovation, I feel it is
important to have spaces, like Planet, which are not curated while also
making it easy for people to switch to a curated view if they prefer that.
Regards,
Daniel