On: The unbearable lameness of web 2.0

[antichaos]

Social networks don't really need to filter content by languages, as the author suggested. A better alternative is to integrate a translation service like Google Translation API to remove the language barrier.

[fps → antichaos]

I think I'd prefer Chrome's approach to have the content translated in the browser. That way I know that the content is being machine translated and it can be undone.

[Qz → antichaos]

See the author's post above about how the rounded ass corners line originated for a simple example of why that isn't enough.