Comments on: Small victory for the ignorant… http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sisyphus http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html/comment-page-1#comment-4431 Sisyphus Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:00:40 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=4965#comment-4431 <a href="http://sisypheanmusings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> My Advice to the Washington Post ...</a> My Advice to the Washington Post …

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html/comment-page-1#comment-4430 acline Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:41:12 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=4965#comment-4430 Ole-- I agree. A registration system would help. Ole– I agree. A registration system would help.

]]> By: Ole http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html/comment-page-1#comment-4429 Ole Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:33:05 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=4965#comment-4429 The News-Leader does do a good job of letting the trolls ply their trade on the editorial pages. The missing link in most of these new environments is the control element the newspapers employ which is to remove the anonymity factor. Use a commenting rule that requires verification and and I believe a large part of it would go away. The News-Leader does do a good job of letting the trolls ply their trade on the editorial pages. The missing link in most of these new environments is the control element the newspapers employ which is to remove the anonymity factor. Use a commenting rule that requires verification and and I believe a large part of it would go away.

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html/comment-page-1#comment-4428 acline Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:11:23 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=4965#comment-4428 Sven-- Yes, there are bunch of things they could have done. I like the flamefest idea :-) I'm hearing this same thing everywhere: What do we do about the wingnuts? My answer: Nothing. Just let it be (or delete the truly vile flames). Let the community form. Sven– Yes, there are bunch of things they could have done. I like the flamefest idea :-) I’m hearing this same thing everywhere: What do we do about the wingnuts? My answer: Nothing. Just let it be (or delete the truly vile flames). Let the community form.

]]> By: Sven http://rhetorica.net/archives/4965.html/comment-page-1#comment-4427 Sven Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:55:32 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=4965#comment-4427 The Post claims to be hip to the blogosphere, but I think it missed a big opportunity in this case. It doesn't involve a technological patch, just a little marketing saavy. It should have realized that lefty bloggers were <a href="http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_01_15_firedoglake_archive.html#113736094217862511" rel="nofollow">organizing a pitchfork brigade</a> against Deborah Howell long before it was forced to pull up the drawbridge (the fuse for this episode was actually lit with the Froomkin Flapdoodle a month ago, so it's not like they couldn't see it coming). I would have set up a Thrilla in Manilla match between Howell and a lucid proxy for the aggrieved lefties - like prof. and longtime Post critic Brad DeLong. The bloggers would have advertised and hyped the match for free, driven tens of thousands of readers to WaPo's site, and hosted the flamefests in their own comments. The Post claims to be hip to the blogosphere, but I think it missed a big opportunity in this case. It doesn’t involve a technological patch, just a little marketing saavy.

It should have realized that lefty bloggers were organizing a pitchfork brigade against Deborah Howell long before it was forced to pull up the drawbridge (the fuse for this episode was actually lit with the Froomkin Flapdoodle a month ago, so it’s not like they couldn’t see it coming).

I would have set up a Thrilla in Manilla match between Howell and a lucid proxy for the aggrieved lefties – like prof. and longtime Post critic Brad DeLong. The bloggers would have advertised and hyped the match for free, driven tens of thousands of readers to WaPo’s site, and hosted the flamefests in their own comments.

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