Tag: moderation
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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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Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better
A great explanation of how comments work on Gawker blogs, powered by karma, Facebook Connect, and heavy moderation of new commenters before they’re set free on threads. Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better
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6 tips for comments on stories and j-blogs – Teaching Online Journalism
These are great basic guidelines for comments on news sites: registration + e-mail confirmation on first comment + pool rules. 6 tips for comments on stories and j-blogs – Teaching Online Journalism
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Who’s your community site manager in the newsroom?
Questions I have coming out of the first session: For newspapers with community sites, like Bakersfield and Raleigh, who is the go-to person in your newsroom for managing threads, policing comments, and general cheerleading for the site? Do you have a dedicated position leading it or is it rolled into other Web roles? Is cloud-seeding…
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Why journalists make ideal online community leaders – Online Journalism Review
“There’s no need for professional reporters to fear user-generated content. Someone needs to lead the Web’s content communities, and journalists make the ideal candidates.” Why journalists make ideal online community leaders – Online Journalism Review
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Photo of lynching posted on TH site – Dubuque Telegraph Herald
A complicated problem with a simple solution: No html allowed in comments. Or use a system that has some granularity to it so you can allow tags but not tags. Photo of lynching posted on TH site – Dubuque Telegraph Herald
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Assessing Legal Risks and Guidelines for User Comments – Poynter Online
Real live lawyers! Talking about libel and defamation issues in online comments! Yay! Assessing Legal Risks and Guidelines for User Comments – Poynter Online
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Crowd wisdom, some assembly required
Scott Karp points out the difficulty in waiting for the monkeys to write Shakespeare and Ian King reminds us all that free content requires filtering that costs time and money. Both are talking about the NYT bit on Heinz’s ketchup-stained UGC ad ploy. Which brings me to the point: User-generated advertising content should be amateurish.…
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Rebecca Dube’s advice to our readers – globeandmail.com
The online discussion moderator at a Toronto newspaper offers readers a few guidelines for making their voices heard in comments, chats, and forums. Note: Not a single reader has left a comment on this story yet. Maybe they all agree with her? Rebecca Dube’s advice to our readers – globeandmail.com
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Newspaper sites criticized for publishing inappropriate comments – CyberJournalist.net – Online News Association – Citizen Media Monitor
Notes on comment and forum moderation, through the lens of issues at the Sun-Sentinel as tweaked on by the New Times. Newspaper sites criticized for publishing inappropriate comments – CyberJournalist.net – Online News Association – Citizen Media Monitor