Comments and the Roar of the Crowd
September 25, 2008 14:36 by BackSpin EditorThe Maui News is no longer posting comments on its web site. Why?
. . .the volume, frequency and vileness of the abusers’ postings have grown beyond the newspaper’s capacity to remove them in a timely manner.
And Joe Fryer takes a worthwhile look at whether website comment forms are a form of free speech.
What do you think?
(Hat tip: Romenesko)
UPDATE Sept. 28: Via The E&P Pub, Philadelphia columnists Karen Heller and Stu Bykofsky weigh in. Bykofsky is against anonymous posting, but Heller’s solution to slimy comments is more fascinating:
To unmask the anonymous derelicts, then make them read their posts out loud. To their mothers.
AF
7:43 pm
Sep 25, 2008
Of course comments left on websites are “free speech”.
And those who are in charge of their own websites have the full right to choose whether they want to serve as a platform for that “free speech” or not.
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