Comments on: Newspapers: Stop Hiding Behind The First Amendment http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/ Social Media Consulting, Public Speaking and Education Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:49:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rockstarbabu http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-26744 Rockstarbabu Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:36:41 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-26744 hello sir i read your post and i appreciate your feelings that you are apologize for any rude comment for this site.and sir every person has their own feelings so why are you irritate from those people you just think about Christ and serve him.<a rel="dofollow" href="http://www.spyshelter.com" rel="nofollow">antikeylogger</a>!<a rel="dofollow" href="http://www.spyshelter.com" rel="nofollow">anti keylogger</a> hello sir i read your post and i appreciate your feelings that you are apologize for any rude comment for this site.and sir every person has their own feelings so why are you irritate from those people you just think about Christ and serve him.antikeylogger!anti keylogger

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]]> By: greggorman http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23195 greggorman Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23195 I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% "turds".<br><br>A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way converstaion was discussed on Saturday's "This Week In Google", of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: <a href="http://igm.rit.edu/node/392" rel="nofollow">http://igm.rit.edu/node/392</a> The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.<br><br>I heard about it on This Week In Google; <a href="http://twit.tv/twig" rel="nofollow">http://twit.tv/twig</a>.<br><br>I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable. I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% “turds”.

A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way converstaion was discussed on Saturday's “This Week In Google”, of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: http://igm.rit.edu/node/392 The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.

I heard about it on This Week In Google; http://twit.tv/twig.

I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable.

]]> By: rxfrchng http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23193 rxfrchng Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:55:10 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23193 True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users. <br><br>I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots. True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users.

I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots.

]]> By: Ed http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23192 Ed Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23192 "Anonymous" "free speech" is for cowards. “Anonymous” “free speech” is for cowards.

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]]> By: Dana http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-19487 Dana Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:55:28 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-19487 hi, I live in Lansing MI and I would like to figure out a way to stop posts from people for our local newspaper. I have written and talked to someone at the Lansing State Journal to no avail but I won't give up. I find people's comments to regularly be embarassing, offensive, ignorant and reek of bigotry. I totally agree. There are other avenues besides the newspaper which we are supposed to be able to turn to for unbiased information. I end up more pissed at these cowards then informed about what is going on. hi, I live in Lansing MI and I would like to figure out a way to stop posts from people for our local newspaper. I have written and talked to someone at the Lansing State Journal to no avail but I won't give up. I find people's comments to regularly be embarassing, offensive, ignorant and reek of bigotry. I totally agree. There are other avenues besides the newspaper which we are supposed to be able to turn to for unbiased information. I end up more pissed at these cowards then informed about what is going on.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/06/30/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-19430 JasonFalls Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:47:33 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-19430 Thanks for the insight and input, Mike. I certainly would agree that the appropriate level of moderation can certainly ease the stress of troll-ish commentors. I also agree that automatic verifications and techno-hoops through which to jump aren't always going to weed out the turds. But I think the mere premise that people have to be held accountable for their words is enough to clean up a good bit of it. <br><br>The right combination of validating email addresses and confirming the existence of the user, plus a consistent hand in moderating and culling the comments is, in my experience and opinion, the best way to keep the conversations above board and respectable.<br><br>Congratulations to <a href="http://PegasusNews.com" rel="nofollow">PegasusNews.com</a> for doing it the right way and being successful with it. I wish more were following in your footsteps.<br><br>Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for the insight and input, Mike. I certainly would agree that the appropriate level of moderation can certainly ease the stress of troll-ish commentors. I also agree that automatic verifications and techno-hoops through which to jump aren't always going to weed out the turds. But I think the mere premise that people have to be held accountable for their words is enough to clean up a good bit of it.

The right combination of validating email addresses and confirming the existence of the user, plus a consistent hand in moderating and culling the comments is, in my experience and opinion, the best way to keep the conversations above board and respectable.

Congratulations to PegasusNews.com for doing it the right way and being successful with it. I wish more were following in your footsteps.

Thanks for stopping by.

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