For Article: Getting Commenters to Play Nice
Posted by Jane Abao 5/8/2008 9:11:54 PM
Amy, thanks for the tips.
There's a blogsite that features news pages for 89 countries. I represent my country as editor. It was exciting in the beginning, feeling you can do something to better your country by selective posting of news and then readers comment.
Unfortunately, as time went by, the lack of moderation showed its negative character. There were more anonymous commenters who could interpolate their names at any time. Trolls abound who squat on the topics so that they are never discussed. Instead, the editor who posts the stories for the day for comments is accused of being off-topic. Meanwhile, the commenters make their day by socializing, exchanging rumors, and planning picnics. It was really exasperating.
The blogsite is relatively new [about 3 years] and has the potential of helping communities but I just guess the problem lies on management. The moderators, that is. There are not enough features for the news page editors to control the comments.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Not my expectation of responsible journalists
For Article: Angry Journalists Can Be a Good Thing
Posted by Jane Abao 3/13/2008 9:33:13 PM
I looked into AngryJournalist.com to find out what it is about. I was not impressed.
There is no sense of responsibility encouraged by the anonymity of those posting the reasons for their anger. I would prefer reading those with real names of people standing by their ideas and opinions, and wanting to defend them unless proven wrong.
It was not what I had expected of responsible journalists.
Posted by Jane Abao 3/13/2008 9:33:13 PM
I looked into AngryJournalist.com to find out what it is about. I was not impressed.
There is no sense of responsibility encouraged by the anonymity of those posting the reasons for their anger. I would prefer reading those with real names of people standing by their ideas and opinions, and wanting to defend them unless proven wrong.
It was not what I had expected of responsible journalists.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Responsibility in Names
For Article: Now Learning from NowPublic
Posted by Jane Abao 8/16/2007 9:39:42 PM
I like the name, NowPublic.com. It promises a lot about what news could become from seeming insignificance to significance in the ever-careful watch of the public, not just for one sitting but as far as it could go. The anonymity of the writers, however, discount on the pluses of the name of the site. It doesn’t add anything to the credibility feature, yet can make the source appear dubious. The writer, not having a legal name to protect, has lesser burden to come up credible in its contents. Isn’t there wisdom in requiring journalists to sport legal names?
Posted by Jane Abao 8/16/2007 9:39:42 PM
I like the name, NowPublic.com. It promises a lot about what news could become from seeming insignificance to significance in the ever-careful watch of the public, not just for one sitting but as far as it could go. The anonymity of the writers, however, discount on the pluses of the name of the site. It doesn’t add anything to the credibility feature, yet can make the source appear dubious. The writer, not having a legal name to protect, has lesser burden to come up credible in its contents. Isn’t there wisdom in requiring journalists to sport legal names?
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