Oh, man, this technology is doomed for phone use, but it would be perfect for SDMB posting.
(–Warning: sarcasm level high, also, unwarranted assumption predicting future appeal of invention without cite or even argument)
I mean it would give an official and objective running assessment of when this or that poster is being a complete tool.
(-- Warning: insufficient attention paid to previous posts, rash implication that many members of the SDMB community are often "complete tools")
Just think, no more would we have to put up with the old, obvious, repetitive inanities this (-- Warning: gratuitous insult of all present) board has been more and more filled with recently (-- Warning: ersatz nostalgia bordering on curmudgeonism, also, check your registration date, noob) and which, since they can’t be prevented before they happen (-- Warning, insulting statement of the obvious, also, tautology resulting in near-Gaudere’s Law, er, obedience) can at least be displayed as they occur. This would relieve both the wise and the foolish but nit-picking classes (-- Okay, now you’re just getting rude. Who gave you the mission to classify thousands of people you haven’t even met. Also, “nitpicking” is listed as a single word by all dictionaries less than seventy-five years old. Pissant) of the burden of responding, thereby collaborating with the assholes (–* Warning: I can’t believe I’m still wasting my time with you*) by perpetuating stupidity when the purpose of the board (-- Warning: Oh, please won’t you tell us, O Wise One) is to prevent ignorance and not to spread it (-- Warning: tired old saw thrown out as if new, old saw’s actual words gotten wrong, pontification mode locked, jerkishness index currently @ 95% and rising)
Think of it: this technology could halve the size of most forums (-- Warning: directly insulting entire SDMB), chasten the high post-count morons – pretty much all of 'em, IMHO – who’ve been asking for it for a long time (-- Warning: are you fucking nuts?), and, best of all – are you guys ready for this? (-- Warning: NONONONONONONONONO!!!) It would completely eliminate any need for those capricious, authoritarian, dimwitted but oh-so-sensitive MODERATORS! (-- Warning: Ahh, the Hell with it. You’re on your own, chump. Automatic Pitting in all forums to commence in two minutes. Jerk)