Comments on: The Washington Post And Blog Etiquette http://donklephant.com/2006/01/20/the-washington-post-and-blog-etiquette/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/01/20/the-washington-post-and-blog-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 Justin Gardner Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:35:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/01/20/the-washington-post-and-blog-etiquette/#comment-5376 I know, and it's said to see it come to that. And to that point, a fellow Donklephant contibutor, Michael Totten, recently had to turn off comments because he couldn't moderate hundreds of them and weed out the trolls. That's what the blogosphere is becoming and I fear it'll happen here eventually. Jeezus I hope not, and that's why I'm banning people left and right now so it'll set up a precedent. Even longtime commenters have been threatened with being banned for throwing out particularly incendiary personal attacks. I guess right now it's simply a wait and see game for us, and it probably has more to do with whether we become a highly popular blog or not. That could certainly turn out to be a double edged sword... I know, and it’s said to see it come to that.

And to that point, a fellow Donklephant contibutor, Michael Totten, recently had to turn off comments because he couldn’t moderate hundreds of them and weed out the trolls. That’s what the blogosphere is becoming and I fear it’ll happen here eventually. Jeezus I hope not, and that’s why I’m banning people left and right now so it’ll set up a precedent. Even longtime commenters have been threatened with being banned for throwing out particularly incendiary personal attacks.

I guess right now it’s simply a wait and see game for us, and it probably has more to do with whether we become a highly popular blog or not. That could certainly turn out to be a double edged sword…

]]> By: rob http://donklephant.com/2006/01/20/the-washington-post-and-blog-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-5367 rob Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:39:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/01/20/the-washington-post-and-blog-etiquette/#comment-5367 But what they did is ban everyone. But what they did is ban everyone.

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