Censorship reflects society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime ~ Potter Stewart, former US Supreme Court Justice
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen ~ Tommy Smothers
If you’re a free speech lover, you might like the idea behind Kutano. If you are a website or blog owner who censors comments, this could pose a problem, since the owner can’t censor the comments made via Kutano. Say what?
Kutano is a Firefox browser add-on that lets anyone add comments about any web page – without the knowledge (or control) of the website owner– even if the site does not accept comments.
Your Kutano comments are accessible to others who visit the web page and have Kutano OR via the Kutano comment page link. Since most folks won’t have Kutano, the link provides the best way for others to access your comments and add their own.
In essence, Kutano sets up a separate comment discussion page which is linked to the web page being commented upon.
And there’s more:
Also if you have a Kutano user account when you post and your account is linked with your Twitter account if you have one (linking is as simple as 2 clicks), then Kutano can automatically tweet about your comment, with a link to the above url, so all your followers are know of your comments. Also, Kutano discussions and comments are searchable through any web search engine.
The concept really pushes the boundaries on commenting– call it Guerrilla Commenting.
I took Kutano for a test run last night.
Here’s the comment I made on a blog post using Kutano:
It was posted to Twitter with a link to the comment discussion page.
Kutano sent me an email when other comments were added.
I did a search on Google today and how about that, it was there:
Kutano is a potentially liberating (or dangerous) tool because it lets free speech (or libel) sneak in the back door, when it is barred at the front.
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