Category: comments

Bounced commenters at HuffingtonPost

Posted by: Stephen Baker on April 24

I don’t know if a lot of HuffPost commenters are getting banned, for one reason or another, or if a tiny minority is expressing itself on this site. I wrote…

Was our open-sourcing overhyped?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on February 24

Lots of bloggers, including ourselves, talk up the conversation in blogging. And we have high hopes for the community to help us mold new editorial products. Are we hyping this?…

Will OpenID Really Deliver?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 30

This is a question I am hoping to get your input on. I would love to hear what you think about the technology and what you think it will take…

Pitgoats have company: Petlambs

Posted by: Stephen Baker on July 16

Pitgoats: People In The Grip of a Theory. Petlambs: People Eager To Let Authority Mandate Belief

Panning Wal-Mart on a blog: Sign of crisis?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on January 09

Bruce Nussbaum’s November post—Is the Wal-Mart model dead?—generated 127 (and counting) comments, most of them highly critical. Bruce concludes that Wal-Mart is facing a management crisis. He may be right….

Joel Stein: Climbing off the Clue Train

Posted by: Stephen Baker on January 03

Lots of anger and derision surrounding Joel Stein’s combative op-ed in the L.A. Times, in which he snubs readers’ opinions. Edward Champion writes: “Adapt or Perish Mr. Stein. Op-ed…

How many people do you converse with?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on December 22

Have you seen those cartoons where two or three of the faces are drawn, and the rest are shadows? I think that’s the way many of us live. We…

The State of PostSecret

Posted by: Heather Green on July 31

So, an editor of mine, who used to love PostSecret, wonders whether the site’s quality is slipping. I never really read it that closely to know. But in his opinion,…

Inmates running asylum at Philly blog

Posted by: Stephen Baker on July 04

Will Bunch, a blogger at Philadelphia’s Daily News, left for vacation saying he was leaving his blog, Attytude, in the hands of commenters. I clicked to the site, wondering…

Businesses Talk Back at Judy’s Book

Posted by: Heather Green on April 25

Judy’s Book, the online community where people share recommendations about local businesses, is providing a new service that lets alerts businesses when someone talks about them online. It keeps word of mouth going.

Snooper salvation for MySpace crowd

Posted by: Stephen Baker on February 27

MySpacers have been coming to Blogspotting for months looking for help tracking visitors to their sites. A reader guides them to profilesnoop.com.

A blogger who writes first, second and third drafts

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 17

A blogger calls for more care in posting—and numerous rewrites

And so the Google Games Begin…

Posted by: Heather Green on November 16

TechCrunch’s take on Google Base? “Yuck.” Our own Rob Hof isn’t too impressed. Dave Winer finds some bits to be interested in….

Struggling Friendster recycles old invitations

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 02

Strugging Friendster dusts off old invitations and reissues them.

Fighting that old charge of elitism

Posted by: Stephen Baker on October 03

Rebuttal of a complaint that the privileged on Blogspotting.net get their comments greenlighted faster than everyone else.