Members only Readers Write: on comment toxicity and TikTok arguments The important figures The Times omitted, evidence of real name toxicity and more feedback from readers Adam Tinworth Feb 1, 2023 3 min read
The Times tames trolls with the power of naming The results of The Times’s experiment in enforcing real names in comments look promising, and the EU starts looking warily at TikTok. Adam Tinworth Jan 31, 2023 4 min read
Members only Morning Conference emails Morning Conference: turn those damn comments off (now that you can) Adam Tinworth Apr 6, 2021 2 min read
comments The need for intelligent skepticism, proved through links Can you trust your commenters? Can you trust your transcription service? In the digital world, here be dragons… Adam Tinworth Oct 9, 2020 4 min read
community management Naming and shaming is not a community management strategy The Bristol Post named and shamed abusive commentators. But that was the easy option. Adam Tinworth Mar 12, 2020 3 min read
engaged reading digest Engaged Reading Digest: listening, killing comments and getting visual Another round-up of interesting reading about journalism and audience engagement Adam Tinworth Dec 20, 2019 5 min read
the correspondent How The Correspondent plans to handle audience engagement The Correspondent has revealed a little bit about how it's going to be run — and where its money is going. Adam Tinworth Jul 8, 2019 1 min read
cms Publishing Tech round-up: the News Project and the Coral Project Some interesting new moves in the CMS space Adam Tinworth Jan 28, 2019 1 min read
audience engagement The Atlantic closes its comments - and makes them more important, too The Atlantic joins many other sites in turning off comments - but that doesn’t mean its abandoning reader commentary. Adam Tinworth Feb 6, 2018 1 min read
artificial intelligence The Washington Post is also using AI for comments Adam Tinworth Jun 23, 2017 1 min read
artificial intelligence The New York Times battles trolls with AI Adam Tinworth Jun 23, 2017 2 min read
buzzwords The sad and dolorous fate of "engagement" The word "engagement" has been hollowed out by the social media gurus who have no concept of its sophistication. Adam Tinworth Apr 17, 2012 2 min read