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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 2012

Have online comment sections become 'a joke'? [View all]

Austin, Texas (CNN) -- In the early days of the Internet, there was hope that the unprecedented tool for global communication would lead to thoughtful sharing and discussion on its most popular sites.

A decade and a half later, the very idea is laughable, says Gawker Media founder Nick Denton.

"It didn't happen," said Denton, whose properties include the blogs Gawker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, io9 and Lifehacker. "It's a promise that has so not happened that people don't even have that ambition anymore.

"The idea of capturing the intelligence of the readership -- that's a joke."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/tech/web/online-comments-sxsw/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Have online comment sections become 'a joke'? [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2012 OP

I guess that's abut right for responses to M$M. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #1

They were more interesting in the early web days. Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #2

I rarely read online comments Kalidurga Mar 2012 #3

In the earliest days of television, the hope was that the new medium LeftinOH Mar 2012 #4

and once we thought we were at the bottom....Dr. Phil and Jersey Shore. Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #9

I live in a two to one Democratic district. JohnnyRingo Mar 2012 #5

Should have to post with real names like Facebook. n/t Peregrine Took Mar 2012 #6

Yes nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #7

You know, when it's on Snookie being a whore or Politics... snooper2 Mar 2012 #8

they really became a joke when zbdent Mar 2012 #10

depends if there`s a moderator madrchsod Mar 2012 #11

Sometimes I read the first three or four comments. murielm99 Mar 2012 #12

I only read comments here and on nytimes sammytko Mar 2012 #13

People who respond to online messages are idiots Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #14