Honestly, I re-read the legislation, and I while I’m still not convinced something like this is a bad idea, all the specifics are.
Like, ultimately, its a user-set flag, stored locally, and would provide users more choice in content filtering. That could be useful, for parents and non-parents alike.
Most people are going to provide accurate data so the amount of people trying to poison is low enough that the brokers still get good data along with new data showing who wants to poison broker data.
You’re right, and the design of this law basically ensures that. I was thinking of it being implemented (at least in user-friendly UI) as a dropdown showing the four provided age brackets. Instead, it is required to be a numeric or date of birth input, seemingly without allowing a default value, which means users are more likely to enter accurate data. Similarly, stored age information isn’t required to use the brackets provided. This means that a lazy or immoral developer will use the exact age, rather than abstracting it as the law suggests. I had misinterpreted 1798.500. (b) and thought that the abstraction of age data as suggested was required.
If something like this is to be implemented, it needs to use a more abstracted format (ideally with a default value), and if its going to be implemented into law, it should be a better, more granular system of content filter than simply using an age-based metric.
Honestly, I re-read the legislation, and I while I’m still not convinced something like this is a bad idea, all the specifics are.
Like, ultimately, its a user-set flag, stored locally, and would provide users more choice in content filtering. That could be useful, for parents and non-parents alike.
You’re right, and the design of this law basically ensures that. I was thinking of it being implemented (at least in user-friendly UI) as a dropdown showing the four provided age brackets. Instead, it is required to be a numeric or date of birth input, seemingly without allowing a default value, which means users are more likely to enter accurate data. Similarly, stored age information isn’t required to use the brackets provided. This means that a lazy or immoral developer will use the exact age, rather than abstracting it as the law suggests. I had misinterpreted 1798.500. (b) and thought that the abstraction of age data as suggested was required.
If something like this is to be implemented, it needs to use a more abstracted format (ideally with a default value), and if its going to be implemented into law, it should be a better, more granular system of content filter than simply using an age-based metric.