{"id":3997,"date":"2011-03-29T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2011-03-29T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T01:45:48","slug":"after-bullying-adk-enterprise-scales-back-public-comment-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/03\/29\/after-bullying-adk-enterprise-scales-back-public-comment-section\/","title":{"rendered":"After “bullying” Adk Enterprise scales back public comment section"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a> is radically curtailing options on its website for public comment and feedback.\u00a0 The newspaper’s editorial team lays out some serious concerns about on-line dialogues and their limitations:<\/p>\n

The intention was good, but some of the comments were really bad and have been getting worse in some ways.<\/p>\n

Unlike letters to the editor that are signed by the author, the anonymous comments on the Web let people spew their verbal vomit without accountability.<\/p>\n

We noticed the dull, negative clouds of comments were dividing our communities more than enlightening them.<\/p>\n

These people, if they met on the street after a town board meeting, would underscore their debate with some degree of understanding. But with their identities veiled online, they bickered and bullied shamefully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The newspaper hasn’t ended comments completely.\u00a0 According to the editorial board, on-line feedback will still be welcomed “editorials, columns, polls, forums and blogs.”<\/p>\n

It seems to me the Enterprise is wrestling with reasonable concerns.<\/p>\n

We here at NCPR have worked hard to foster good on-line discussions and we are, generally speaking, satisfied with the culture and tone of our discussions.<\/p>\n

But it’s worthy of a fresh discussion.\u00a0 What do all of you think about the on-line discussions, on the In Box and in the news story sections of NCPR.org.<\/p>\n

Do you find the conversations informative, thought-provoking and productive?\u00a0 Do you ever feel bullied or shouted down?\u00a0 Any ideas about how we can do this better?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on a lighter note, I’ll offer this video just to illustrate just how hard-wired debate is in our beautiful, human psyches.<\/p>\n

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