Comments on: Daily Star zaps reader comments http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/ A world for online journalists. Come all ye scribes, artists and innovators of the press. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anon E Mouse http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Anon E Mouse Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:21:20 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/#comment-710 In the old days of BBS'ing, message boards had "moderators" who volunteered their time to help the "sysop" keep things from degenerating into flame wars. That's what was missing. Trolls just make it bad for everyone. I repeatedly said as much on the message boards. A few agreed but testosterone toxic sophomoric trolls thought recess would never end. Surgery should be done with a scalpel not a meat axe. My guess is that Yahoo now has far fewer "eyeballs"; far less ad "hits". That would threaten revenue. Time will tell if users will read their news directly from news feeds like Reuters instead of a middleman portal. That was Yahoo's initial offering since other news servers like AP do not seem to have a public feed. Public commentary on the news was one of the ways Yahoo distinguished itself from Google News. </B>AEM</b> In the old days of BBS’ing, message boards had “moderators” who volunteered their time to help the “sysop” keep things from degenerating into flame wars. That’s what was missing.

Trolls just make it bad for everyone. I repeatedly said as much on the message boards. A few agreed but testosterone toxic sophomoric trolls thought recess would never end.

Surgery should be done with a scalpel not a meat axe.

My guess is that Yahoo now has far fewer “eyeballs”; far less ad “hits”. That would threaten revenue. Time will tell if users will read their news directly from news feeds like Reuters instead of a middleman portal. That was Yahoo’s initial offering since other news servers like AP do not seem to have a public feed. Public commentary on the news was one of the ways Yahoo distinguished itself from Google News.

AEM

]]> By: Journalistopia » Yahoo! strikes down message boards http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Journalistopia » Yahoo! strikes down message boards Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:48:36 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/#comment-683 [...] Is there a possible trend brewing here? Yahoo! News announced it has nuked its message boards because they have been causing “a small number of vocal users to dominate the discussion.” The Arizona Daily Star recently recently zapped ts boards as well. [...] [...] Is there a possible trend brewing here? Yahoo! News announced it has nuked its message boards because they have been causing “a small number of vocal users to dominate the discussion.” The Arizona Daily Star recently recently zapped ts boards as well. [...]

]]> By: howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Daily Star struggles with comments http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-646 howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Daily Star struggles with comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:09:57 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/#comment-646 [...] The Arizona Daily Star is struggling with comments on stories. Recently, the trolls have come out in mass. That is exactly what will happen without monitoring and policing. A newspaper site simply can’t post comment links and then let things run on their own. It takes time and effort to have quality user participation. The only answer/solution is to create a new FTE position and hire somebody to manage things. Removing comments, not having them, is not an option. Of course, I’ve been through this before. (via Danny Sanchez) Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] The Arizona Daily Star is struggling with comments on stories. Recently, the trolls have come out in mass. That is exactly what will happen without monitoring and policing. A newspaper site simply can’t post comment links and then let things run on their own. It takes time and effort to have quality user participation. The only answer/solution is to create a new FTE position and hire somebody to manage things. Removing comments, not having them, is not an option. Of course, I’ve been through this before. (via Danny Sanchez) Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Invisible Inkling » Blog Archive » Comment trouble at the Arizona Daily Star http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Invisible Inkling » Blog Archive » Comment trouble at the Arizona Daily Star Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:17:24 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2006/12/13/daily-star-zaps-reader-comments/#comment-631 [...] Danny Sanchez points out an explainer from the Executive Editor of the Arizona Daily Star on why comments were deleted from some stories: “While we created the reader comments feature to give readers a place to talk, StarNet is still our house. And our editors and staff simply do not want guests who make vulgar, abusive, obscene, defamatory and hateful comments. If you want to live in that kind of neighborhood, go create your own online forum.” [...] [...] Danny Sanchez points out an explainer from the Executive Editor of the Arizona Daily Star on why comments were deleted from some stories: “While we created the reader comments feature to give readers a place to talk, StarNet is still our house. And our editors and staff simply do not want guests who make vulgar, abusive, obscene, defamatory and hateful comments. If you want to live in that kind of neighborhood, go create your own online forum.” [...]

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