Tag: comments
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FAQ on how the New York Times handles comments
New York Times Public Editor Margaregt Sullivan on their workflow and editorial collaboration on the question of comments: Questions and Answers on How The Times Handles Online Comments From Readers
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Is Reddit journalism? The inevitable investigation.
If your interaction with Reddit is anything like mine, you’re a 9-percenter. Remember the 90-9-1 rule of online community interaction? Well, on Reddit, I rarely say a word, and I’ve probably never started a thread, but I do so enjoy their magical little UI for upvoting posts and comments, especially on my phone, often in…
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“Cleaning up the comment cesspool”
Cleaning up the comment cesspool: Ventura County Star editor Joe Howry has penned what is either the most eloquent column a newspaper has ever published on the problem of comment threads and trolls — or the most cliché-laden — or possibly, both. If you can get past that, it’s an interesting approach they’re taking: They…
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Beyond Comment Threads
Beyond Comment Threads: A Mozilla journalism challenge on building better community conversations around the news. So far, nothing terrifyingly new. Paragraph-level commenting, Slashdot-style threading, collapsing, and moderation. And if I could figure out how to register for the site, with or without OpenID, I might be able to comment on the entries. (via PBS IdeaLab)
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The other young gentleman in the sweatshirt running a social network is Moot
Striking, isn’t it, how Moot appears to be some sort of anti-matter to Mark Zuckerberg’s matter? How Facebook and 4chan can simultaneously be ubiquitous, but you’re much more likely to admit to an account on one than the other? In the throes of my constant and ongoing research and curiosity about comments and commenting systems,…
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A comment thread, parsed as data and visualized to highlight trolls and their behavioral patterns
A comment thread, parsed as data and visualized to highlight trolls and their behavioral patterns: A close look at troll comments versus real ones.
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Customer service, community management, and comment threads
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been on one side (or quite possibly the other) of an exchange that goes something like this: PERSON AT NEWSPAPER WITH WEB-RELATED JOB: Sentinel, this is Ryan, how can I help you? USER: Your website’s all wrong. PANWWRJ: Really? What’s wrong? USER: You don’t use XMLT 4.1. It’s still…
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An online comment reading list
Jack Lail’s May 2009 list of links about news site comments and policies. An online comment reading list
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Sun changes story commenting policy to foster responsible dialogue
A note to readers authored by Rob Curley about advances in the Sun’s commenting policy, including tiered access and display based on whether or not the user’s real identity has been verified. Sun changes story commenting policy to foster responsible dialogue
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Cuyahoga County Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold files $50 million lawsuit against The Plain Dealer and others
And so begins an interesting legal battle over the balance between online privacy policies and newsworthiness. Cuyahoga County Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold files $50 million lawsuit against The Plain Dealer and others