And what if that filtering scheme could be used on other platforms as well?

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Instead of Facebook limiting the number of posts from the people you follow to make the fire hose manageable for you, what if you used the filtering scheme of your own choosing?

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"Even if Google comes up with an airtight filtering system, that doesn't moot the charge that they've done something improper in the past, " says Boehm, who has been an outspoken critic of Google's intellectual property policies.

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My guess is that if it is done right, collaborative filtering of content can expose the long tail better than the current cable bundle, at which point Apple (or some other company) would really have something to talk to the cable companies about.

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Of course, if they get too annoying about it, peers might start filtering out the paid peers.

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For the same reason, if your tap water is treated with chlorine, install a chlorine-filtering showerhead.

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