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Good points Hannah. Debate, differences of opinion, passion - we agree these add life to the comments, while disparaging a person's character for having a contrary point of view has sometimes taken the...
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Interesting-)) Personally I always prefer unmoderated places, while at the same time in things I have the controls of, I sometimes add light moderating options...never much, and often none, but my...
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My role as moderator will be to evaluate comments using the published guidelines. I raised the issue of defamation because when defamation occurs, there is the possibility of liability against the...
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Hm. I've had an issue with commenting here for a while, and since this seems to be the post about the comments, I might as well talk about it here: I don't like Disqus.I don't like Disqus, both as a...
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>As a commenter, I loathe creating accounts, just to be able to comment somewhere. I believe something should be as easy as possible to make participation straightforward and unencumbered. I log in...
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I agree with Vanish on Disqus...yet another account to keep track of. I used Facebook to log in though. Perhaps the social media access is a reason for preferring it over Wordpress? Lawrence, good to...
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Moderation has been spotty and at times a heck of a lot unfair towards many peopleExampleK****Y G**d main spokesperson comes in and calls another grids founder 'Mentally Ill' with 'Cancer in the Brain'...
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We no longer live in a free nation it seems, no one has a right anymore to express their views of individuals or situations without being threatened with a lawsuit or jail. This is how third world...
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Hi Jim,When well implemented, moderation is intended to minimize the kinds of breakdowns in discourse that derail the whole concept of having comments in the first place. Maria and I hope to set a...
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I especially like your point about making a good impression for newcomers...
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Understood. As I noted, I also had thought the need for removing guest accounts to comment, willy nilly, might have seemed a worthwhile thing.I certainly do not want it to devolve further, either, as I...
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I don't follow this logic. Isn't wordpress, itself, a 3rd party tool? [maybe not for you, but others].And isn't any commenting process, and in fact, any written words on the net trackable?Just...
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ok, let me finish up on this topic [but while still reserving the right to say more, for myself, if I wish to]...For example, and I assume this is still in the discussion phase, and not written in...
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But that *is* registration! Disqus creates an account of you based on your twitter credentials. That's not any better than signing up with an email, only that instead of an email you give them your...
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Wordpress is free software, so if you install it as a software on your machine, there is no third party involved. If you click yourself a blog on wordpress.com, then yeah, they are a third party, but...
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[to Vanish's flagged comment]Well, like I said, I don't wish to debate such things, though your opinions and observations are worthy, of course.Someone flagged you [and I expect we will see more of...
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Hi Jim,Kitely doesn't have a spokesperson nor does it outsource that role to anyone else. Kitely, like many other popular grids, has users who express their own personal opinions on various matters. I...
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As a sidenote: "a simple pre-approval process of comments would be in place for guests with unverified emails" does not make a whole lot of sense when a person replied to directly by a guest can see...
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Having been subjected to personal attacks myself which I know are intended to intimidate and drive me away I agree with the need for some form of moderation, at least to deal with the worst cases. At...
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