tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802785370448104036.post5120602691888174982..comments2014-10-07T05:42:36.458-05:00Comments on opinionitis: Is there anything I don't have a problem with?Mol the Dollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997207832311500998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802785370448104036.post-69875356600094952452008-02-01T23:04:00.000-06:002008-02-01T23:04:00.000-06:00yer so cool molly! ditto to everything you said. g...yer so cool molly! ditto to everything you said. glad there are people like you who can put their thoughts into words.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172344270571916666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802785370448104036.post-51976617066419156642008-01-31T22:32:00.000-06:002008-01-31T22:32:00.000-06:00I'm old-fashioned. I think the line between disci...I'm old-fashioned. I think the line between disciplined reporting and haphazard commentary is completely blurred. <BR/><BR/>I also think newspapers are entitled to hold readers' responses to a higher standard than any other internet flame board. <BR/><BR/>Derek Donovan, the Star's "reader's rep," blogged recently that rabid posting has been a problem ever since people started scrawling on bathroom walls. <BR/><BR/>If I were the only newspaper in a major market, I'm not sure I'd embrace that analogy.Mol the Dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997207832311500998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802785370448104036.post-4325257889572490482008-01-31T18:35:00.000-06:002008-01-31T18:35:00.000-06:00As often as I roll my eyes at the cowardly bravado...As often as I roll my eyes at the cowardly bravado anonymous posting tends to breed in both middle school students and those who are, essentially middle school students for life (<I>vis-à-vis</I> maturity level), I wonder, other than heavy-handed moderation, what the solution is. I suppose sites could demand you get an account to post, but other than requiring identifiable financial information, for example, to register, it's easy to hand over false information and hide yourself under the shroud of anonymity of a pseudonym. Moreover, one could create multiple accounts for multiple posts, multiplying our multiple headaches. Another problem facing registration to post is that, especially for a mid-size paper as the Star, registration can mean the death of user contribution because Internet users are inherently lazy. They'll sigh at having to sign up for yet another site, and will refuse to contribute. This is a good thing for the abusive users, but it also drives away the better contributors.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what the happy median is between squelching open comment and active disallowance of insulting comments (never mind the issue of agreeing on a working definition of "insulting"), but in the end I, too, would like to see fewer idiotic brayings and more thoughtful commentary.SkipFitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566363190596568600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802785370448104036.post-86681425949809878282008-01-21T19:24:00.000-06:002008-01-21T19:24:00.000-06:00Dug your letter, Mol. The responses to it are amu...Dug your letter, Mol. The responses to it are amusing, most of them proving your point, not that it needed proof. It sounds like you might have one fan out there who actually wrote in. But you have lots who didn't.<BR/><BR/>I tried to post a King speech off of YouTube, but I couldn't embed the video for some reason. It wouldn't copy over.<BR/><BR/>Still gives me chills, hearing that "mountaintop" speech from the day before he was shot. Beautiful.Jasphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689449554756071995noreply@blogger.com