{"id":50147,"date":"2015-04-23T21:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T03:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/dont-drink-the-water-and-dont-read-the-comments.html"},"modified":"2015-05-06T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:38:15","slug":"dont-drink-the-water-and-dont-read-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/dont-drink-the-water-and-dont-read-the-comments.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#039;t drink the water and don&#039;t read the comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom line: if you are going to have a comments section, whether it is a personal blog or a major media site, you have a responsibility to moderate the comments and decide what you are going to let them be. If you want to espouse a freedom of speech to the level of <i>Mad Max,<\/i> that&#39;s your prerogative, but make the decision consciously (and live with the consequences).<\/p>\n<p>An unattended, unmoderated comments section is simply an attractive nuisance.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102356721871221463140\" oid=\"102356721871221463140\">George Wiman<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/04\/21\/dont-read-the-comments-comment-sections-are-our-own-fault'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mkGoTHixSUHSsKzGhGEDlFUwbra_hlClZZ3aoVgdJaoSTZeSOchoYTp7QcIKGvd95CaTO_12sIGXdXS_XbNMIr1CAFGZxEoFJHKR=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/04\/21\/dont-read-the-comments-comment-sections-are-our-own-fault'>Don&#8217;t Read The Comments: Comment Sections Are Our Own Fault<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s so common a refrain at this point the whole Internet should just get it tattooed on its forehead backward so it can read the message in the mirror every time it brushes its teeth: DON&#8217;T READ T&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/JNZQfRen4eC'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottom line: if you are going to have a comments section, whether it is a personal blog or a major media site, you have a responsibility to moderate the comments and decide what you are going to let them be. If you want to espouse a freedom of speech to the level of Mad Max, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/dont-drink-the-water-and-dont-read-the-comments.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don&#039;t drink the water and don&#039;t read the comments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-blogging"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38823,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/27\/shutting-down-comments-on-popular-science.html","url_meta":{"origin":50147,"position":0},"title":"Shutting down comments on &quot;Popular Science&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Sep-13 4:55pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Hrm.On the one hand, the immediate feel is, \"Hey, great way to suppress discussion.\" Which is kind of silly, because there's eleventy-dozen ways to discuss any PopSci article without ethically requiring them to maintain a comments section.Further, I do agree, from a personal perspective, that contentious comments can stain overall\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130485,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/24\/as-the-public-soap-box-becomes-pay-for-say.html","url_meta":{"origin":50147,"position":1},"title":"As the public soap box becomes &quot;pay for say&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 24-Apr-16 6:31pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most amazing (and simultaneously appalling) nature of the Internet and comment systems is how it completely democratized commentary. Like what someone said? Give them an encouraging word. Dislike it? Post a rebuttal comment. Have something interesting to add? Go right ahead!This led to some truly awful stuff,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12709,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/20\/anti_spam_update.html","url_meta":{"origin":50147,"position":2},"title":"Anti-spam update","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Feb-08 9:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Comments are tending to remain spam-free (thank you, TinyTuring). 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