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Reuters & Re/code ask Commenters To Leave
Curated:
24/11/2014 from
www.techdirt.com/articles/20141120/12365129211/reuters-recode-care-so-very-much-about-conversation-that-theyre-asking-commenters-to-leave.shtml
my notes ( ? )
Good overview of the year+ - long debate about comments, trolls & social media, "from the baby-and-the-bathwater dept ...
This sudden disdain for traditional comments raises the question: is Facebook somehow immune to stupid comments? Is forcing all news conversation on to Facebook's terms really an improvement in meaningful dialogue?... It's like a local bar owner saying they value intelligent conversation so much they'd really prefer it if patrons held their conversation at the massive stadium down the street...
What Popular Science, Reuters and Re/Code are really saying is that they don't care enough about their communities -- or those regulars who do stop by to have intelligent conversation -- to pay somebody to weed the garden."
- Reuters, Re/code Care So Very Much About 'Conversation' That They're Asking Commenters To Leave | Techdirt
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