I believe Gannett already imposes a 2,000-character limit on its newspaper website comments.
Earlier: A year later, is your comment system working?
Monday, June 20, 2011
Commentz Korner | NYT cuts comments length
I believe Gannett already imposes a 2,000-character limit on its newspaper website comments.
Earlier: A year later, is your comment system working?
6 comments:
Jim says: "Proceed with caution; this is a free-for-all comment zone. I try to correct or clarify incorrect information. But I can't catch everything. Please keep your posts focused on Gannett and media-related subjects. Note that I occasionally review comments in advance, to reject inappropriate ones. And I ignore hostile posters, and recommend you do, too."
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I think this is a stupid idea. When media companies are trying to engage their readers and have them join the conversation.....very good time to start limiting their voice!
ReplyDelete" improved experience " Why does everything have to have a spin on it now-a-days?
ReplyDeleteThe NYT gets great and thoughtful comments, and has a minimum of the name calling and liberal media attacks I see in other papers, including the WPO. I think this is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteHave you read some of these 5000 character comments? They're usually written by obsessive-compulsive gasbags. They say nothing of use that can't be said in 2000 characters or less. Or if the person just HAS to say more, he/she can break up that deathless prose into multiple comments.
ReplyDelete11:35 Contrast NYT's comments with those at the WSJ. The difference? I believe the NYT has a real live human being read each comment before deciding whether it gets published.
ReplyDeleteThose punks. Now that I've forked over my $14-a-month internet fee, they tell me I can't bloviate at will. Talk about a bait and switch.
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