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27 Jan 08
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How do you harness the audience’s knowledge
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What has changed in the last year is that major media companies are no longer arguing over whether they should have comments under stories or blogs; instead, the debate is about how they should moderate them and even highlight the best ones in eye-catching editorial spaces. Many sites are embracing the concept of “news as a conversation,” and trying to create active conversations among reporters, editors and readers online. The New York Times released a more robust commenting function recently, where readers can recommend each other’s comments, and there are “Editor’s Selections” for the best comments in a thread. And last weekend BusinessWeek.com started highlighting one commenter per day on its home page, with a photo of the commenter.
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He likes the way Amazon.com gives people special badges when they use their real name.
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positive reinforcement
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While Byrne doesn’t mind anonymous comments on the site, he wants to make sure that good commenters are rewarded by having their picture placed prominently on the site — making them as prominent as the authors or subjects of stories.
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One of the big arguments in the debate over moderating online comments is that if you start to edit people’s comments before publishing them, you open yourself up to liability in defamation cases. It turns out that’s not actually true.
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One of the biggest challenges with moderating comments is figuring out which comments to accept and which to discard
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23 Jan 08
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21 Jan 08
Ryan McCallumThis is a great look at how media organizations are trying to implement reader forums or the ability for readers to comment on stories. In the past, these opportunities for readers have devolved into shouting matches. Also, organizations are concerned abo
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Major media sites have started to get the religion of audience participation, but there’s been one big hitch: How do you harness the audience’s knowledge and participation without the forums devolving into a messy online brawl that requires time-intensive moderation?
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Major media sites have started to get the religion of audience participation, but there’s been one big hitch: How do you harness the audience’s knowledge and participation without the forums devolving into a messy online brawl that requires time-intensive moderation?
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18 Jan 08
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Martin Stabe"What has changed in the last year is that major media companies are no longer arguing over whether they should have comments under stories or blogs; instead, the debate is about how they should moderate them..."
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17 Jan 08
Howard RheingoldHow do you harness the audience’s knowledge and participation without the forums devolving into a messy online brawl that requires time-intensive moderation?
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David Feld"Major media sites have started to get the religion of audience participation, but there’s been one big hitch: How do you harness the audience’s knowledge and participation without the forums devolving into a messy online brawl?"
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