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Why commenting on news sites still stinks: Further notes on the commenting survey results

The most striking conclusion I’ve come to based on the results of the commenting survey that 49 online news folks answered over the last week or two was this: Commenting on news stories is still broken.  Busted.  Stinks.  It’s a … Continue reading

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Commenting survey results

For a couple years now, I’ve been working with editors, reporters, and commenters on news sites taking the following hypothesis as a given: Commenters will be the most civil in the place that is the most public. For example, I … Continue reading

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A quick survey about comments on your news site

I have a little theory. It’s my opinion that commenters — or anyone, really — is the most civil when they’re speaking in public and everyone can see who they are. So, I think that news site commenters/readers are most … Continue reading

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What your news organization can learn from the Crunchberry project

First, two items for the glossary so I can make sorted references to mixed berries in this post: Crunchberry.org = The virtual home of the Medill J-School’s Knight News Challenge grantee programmer/journalists. Newsmixer.us = The demo of the community conversation … Continue reading

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On IdeaLab: Stack Overflow is your premium question answer tool

I’m trying to get into the habit of posting a few medium-length items over at IdeaLab every week.  here’s a start: Stack Overflow Sets an Example for News Commenting Systems The premise?  Stack Overflow, a new-ish site for programmers to … Continue reading

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