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The aviation debate Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/10/on-my-way-to-berlin.jpg] Eric Holthaus wrote a piece for Quartz, explaining his Damascene conversion in San Fransisco airport, and his decision to quit flying [http://qz.com/129477/why-im-never-flying-again/]: > So I guess last week’s report hit me harder
Comments: we're talking about the wrong thing Paid Members Public
Daniel Ha, CEO of Disqus, writing for WIRED [http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/02/anonymity-isnt-the-problem-with-web-comments/] : > But for too long, the debate about online discussion has been about the commenters. We need to move away from pointing the finger at pseudonyms or anonymity as the sole problem, because it’
Why comments matter: conversation Paid Members Public
> The purpose of writing on blogs, community sites like Comment is free, and much of social media is to start or further a conversation – not to share a few writerly pearls of wisdom. The great majority of writers on this site (and the New Statesman, for that matter) are
The sad and dolorous fate of "engagement" Paid Members Public
The word "engagement" has been hollowed out by the social media gurus who have no concept of its sophistication.
#newsrw - Social Media Optimisation Paid Members Public
Liveblog of a panel debate about social media from news:rewired in February 2012
Reactionary Mentions the Disqus Way Paid Members Public
The observant will have noticed that I’ve been using Disqus [http://disqus.com/] as the comment service on this blog for the last few months, and I’ve been very happy with it. The ability to manage via e-mail is a boon, and the spam blocking is superb. I
Anatomy of a Comment Threat Paid Members Public
Love LOVE Love this: Made by students doing a [Design Jam](https://drumbeat.org/en-US/journalism/) in Dundee yesterday.
Why "real names" commenting isn't a panacea Paid Members Public
Cory Doctorow explores the disaster that YouTube’s switch to Google+ commenting [http://boingboing.net/2013/11/13/vi-hart-cramming-g-into-yout.html] has been: > The promise of G+ in the beginning was that making people use their real names would incentivize them to behave themselves. It’s abundantly clear now that