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By adamg on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 5:22pm
Somehow, that all makes sense. The Globe talks to some of the people who post replies to its articles, although not the hard-core trollers who blame Obama for car crashes on Gallivan Boulevard. For some reason, they didn't want to be quoted for the record.
The cesspoolization of online commenting has gotten so bad, the Globe reports, "even the Chinese government has had enough."
Ed. note: For the record, UHub's official policy: Anybody can post a comment here, but anonymous ones get put into a queue where I wield the awesome responsibility of deciding which ones get posted (this is why it sometimes takes awhile for anonymous comments to go live - I've yet to be hard-wired to my laptop and sometimes am away from it). In general, if you're anonymous and you post some lame, fact-free diatribe (or more likely, in my experience, a single-line insult), well, that's what the Delete button is for. Or if your post is one of roughly 67,000 more or less identical messages averring that one or more South Boston state rep candidates are the result of the mating of a South American Nazi and a common slime mold, ditto.
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I'm sad
I'm crushed that I wasn't interviewed for the Globe story. In my own mind, I'm awesome, which I think sums up what most commenters think of themselves.
I had anonymous commenting on my old blog. Not only did I get over a hundred spam comments a day (true) but I also got a lot of mindless comments. I added verification to my new blog and get very few comments. Sometimes I miss the inanity, sometimes I don't.
Yeah, spam is another reason for a queue
Now that spammers hire housewives in Bangalore or someplace like that to evade anti-spam systems by actually logging into sites. Or maybe just mine. Because they hate me.
Although more demanding of
Although more demanding of your time and attention, as a regular reader I appreciate the moderated anon comments.
I have not read the linked piece yet, but Boston.com is its own worst enemy with the garbage commenting system they have in place.
I post frequently on
I post frequently on boston.com and I write thoughtful posts with facts and url's to my sources. I do not want my name associated with it, because my boss is the type of guy who would reduce my raise, lay me off if he knew what I believed in politically.
I'd still like to have a voice without worrying about my employment.
Why are so many people thin skinned about some dork's bad comment. When I read the comments I hunger for well written thoughtful comments and usually the "Most Recommended" causes those to rise to the top.
The real reason Boston.com doesn't like comments is the same reason these people don't like Talk Radio or Blogger's. It's that conservatives counter the liberal bias in stories. They also don't like conservative talking points being discussed in their liberal sacrosanct newspapers.
This has everything to do with liberal bias and nothing to do with poor comments.
I completely agree with you.
I completely agree with you. I often read blogs on boston.com and see many comments, rather weird comments I should say. You made it clear for me, thanks!