Posted on 09/28/2007 12:39:45 PM PDT by mawebgeek
While I was reading along at the Merced Sun Star today, I noticed the allow comments on their stories. Not locked down, you have to register and accept our newsletter comments, but just plain old "free speech for everyone" type of comments.
The story I linked to (http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/43326.html) is a very local story, but apparently has stirred up quite a bit of controversy... but did they start to crack down on the growing comments? No, the actually had the guts to leave them out there - the good, bad and ugly!
I also love the fact that they ask the "great unwashed masses" who visit the site, to help them flag inappropriate material from the comments.
It may seem like a small thing, but I think The Merced Sun Star deserves kudo's for trying to do it right.
I'm not sure if a Freeper Flash Mob will bog down their site, so try to be nice ;-)
BTRL.
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