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- This was originally a project from around 2007 that aimed to solve human stupidity on the internet by Gabriel Ortiz and Paul Starr.
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  [Here is a Guardian Article about it from around that time](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/nov/16/stupid.filter).
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  While the main source code may be outdated, the corpus may still be of some use in training modern LLMs based content moderation or at least a historical curio of humanities attempt to stem the tied of stupidity.
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  ## About StupidFilter (Lightly Adapted For Markdown and broken links)
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- The concept behind the StupidFilter Project originated during a conversation between [Gabriel Ortiz](https://signalnine.net/) and [Paul Starr](https://web.archive.org/web/20090401041553/http://midaregami.net/). StupidFilter was conceived out of necessity. Too long have we suffered in silence under the tyranny of idiocy. In the beginning, the internet was a place where one could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, [Eternal September](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September) hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has compounded the matter yet further, straining our tolerance to the breaking point.
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  It's time to fight back.
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  * Isn't that a very prescriptivist position to take?
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  - Yes, and we are equally aware that this will make us few friends in linguistics circles. But effective textual communication requires at least some formal rigor, and we feel such rigor is worth encouraging and, at times, enforcing.
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- ### Contact
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- Gabriel Ortiz, Lead Developer, may be reached at gabe@stupidfilter dot org.
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- Paul Starr, Moderator Tzar, may be reached at paul@stupidfilter dot org.
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- Please direct media and business (licensing and investment) inquiries to project@stupidfilter.org.
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- **Note: As of 2024. Gabriel Ortiz appears to be active at https://signalnine.net/, but Paul Starr website is inactive.**
 
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+ This was originally a project from around 2007 that aimed to solve human stupidity on the internet by [Gabriel Ortiz](https://signalnine.net/@gabe) and [Paul Starr](https://octodon.social/@pts).
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  [Here is a Guardian Article about it from around that time](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/nov/16/stupid.filter).
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  While the main source code may be outdated, the corpus may still be of some use in training modern LLMs based content moderation or at least a historical curio of humanities attempt to stem the tied of stupidity.
 
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  ## About StupidFilter (Lightly Adapted For Markdown and broken links)
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+ The concept behind the StupidFilter Project originated during a conversation between [Gabriel Ortiz](https://signalnine.net/@gabe) and [Paul Starr](https://octodon.social/@pts). StupidFilter was conceived out of necessity. Too long have we suffered in silence under the tyranny of idiocy. In the beginning, the internet was a place where one could communicate intelligently with similarly erudite people. Then, [Eternal September](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September) hit and we were lost in the noise. The advent of user-driven web content has compounded the matter yet further, straining our tolerance to the breaking point.
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  It's time to fight back.
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  * Isn't that a very prescriptivist position to take?
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  - Yes, and we are equally aware that this will make us few friends in linguistics circles. But effective textual communication requires at least some formal rigor, and we feel such rigor is worth encouraging and, at times, enforcing.
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+ ### Contact (Accurate as of 2024)
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+ - Gabriel Ortiz, Lead Developer, may be reached at <https://signalnine.net/@gabe> - [website : 2009 archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20090207175932/http://www.signalnine.net/)
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+ - Paul Starr, Moderator Tzar, may be reached at <https://octodon.social/@pts> - [Paul Starr : 2009 archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20090401041553/http://midaregami.net/)
 
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