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Philosophically I am with you, but the site design seems to make it feel 'dirty' to me. I really wish it broadcast the ideals your blog post is rather than broadcasting a cockroach and dirt.

I am curious what kind of features exist to combat slander (and what features exist to keep those features in check against honest, but negative, feedback)?

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* I'm not a fan of the roach either. It was a marketing decision made before I came onboard. There's some story about why our founder liked the roach and I'll try and find out about it from her tomorrow.

* The name DirtyPhoneBook was chosen for marketing reasons. It's definitely a bit attention-getting.

* Besides the ability to vote on and comment on posts you don't think are true, there's a feature that allows you to verify your number and post an authentic message as the owner of that number. But everybody has the same free speech rights to post on DPB.

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