Rebutting the arguments against story commenting
Inspired by Steve Outing’s recent post entitled, “If user comments go crazy, be thankful; seek more,” I wanted to generate ideas about rebutting the arguments against them.
Yes, there are some newspapers out there that haven’t implemented story comments yet. And there are journalists who are concerned about having story comments. I asked some of the members of the WiredJournalists social networking site to offer some of their favorite excuses — and their replies — to mix in with some of my own. Read more
Kurt's Tweets- Why is this not a national story? Maybe I missed it. Appalling. Disabled woman was tortured and held as a sex slave http://ow.ly/2CiAq
- Bravo. RT @pwthornton: "Banning unsigned online comments undermines the media’s role as a forum for debate.” http://bit.ly/bmZsOn
- I would like to just take the two steps forward and skip the one step back. How about that? Would that be OK?
- Still seeking talented journalists to run #Patch sites in two south St. Louis County communities. Know anyone? http://ow.ly/2Axnv
- Waiting for a listings collector to give her more #Patch marketing cards. The work never stops.