Comments on video of a baby seeing bubbles for 1st time (via @ezraklein's Wonkbook) are filthy: youtu.be/lYr5UPHPcOY
— NickBaumann (@NickBaumann) March 15, 2012
Dan O'Connor blasts what blog comment sections have become:
It is time, I think, for us to accept that disabling or deleting idiot comments is no more anti-democratic or elitist than refusing to engage with a person harrassing you on the street. Just because everyone is allowed to have their say, it does not follow that the bilge they say is worth listening to. I love the internet. I love social media. And the only way we will save them from themselves is by accepting that, more often than not, comments are rubbish.
Gawker is implementing a new comment system to deal with the problem. Recent Dish on a wildly successful comment section here. We're sticking with posting the best and most informative of your emails. For the Dish, reader input plays a key role in airing debates and discovering facts from readers with deep knowledge of the subjects at hand. There is a way, in other words, to create a web space where readers add and don't detract from the experience.
It's called editing.
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