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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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- # About This Project (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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  Eventually, once the research is completed, we plan to release core engine source code for incorporation into content management systems, blogs, wikis and the like. Additionally, we plan to develop a fully implemented Firefox plugin and a Wordpress plugin.
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- ## FAQ
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  * Is this a joke?
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  - No, this is not a joke.
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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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  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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  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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  Eventually, once the research is completed, we plan to release core engine source code for incorporation into content management systems, blogs, wikis and the like. Additionally, we plan to develop a fully implemented Firefox plugin and a Wordpress plugin.
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+ ### FAQ
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  * Is this a joke?
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  - No, this is not a joke.
 
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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.