Guardian blogs - registration now here!
April 13, 2006 – 2:59 pmaha, well the guardian has finally clearly lost its patience with the ‘wayward’ contributors to its very popular News Blog and have finally introduced comment registration. previously, any old so- and-so could have come along and written any old thing ( and did). And it was wonderfully amusing, precisely because it digressed so much. as the editors now put it -
“The introduction of comment registration is intended to keep the standard of debate as high as possible..”
“Blog commenters are reminded that comments here are intended to relate directly to the post, rather than to veer off into unrelated subjects. ..Our blog system is ill-suited to that kind of discussion.”
“..Occasionally, when discussions have become irrelevant to the post in question, we will close comments on that post, and we may delete comments already posted if they are unrelated to the topic, to reduce the size of the page for other users.”
well i guess that explains why recently comments have been closed on posts despite clear interest from participants in continuing the slanging matches.
ah, goodbye to the enjoyable vitriol. well it shall be fun to see how the discussion threads ‘behave’ from now on. of course i always think its a bit pointless for ‘moderators’ or ‘editors’ to imagine there’s such a thing as ’sticking to the point’ in a discussion. Doesn’t happen - of course if you don’t want that kind of free-for-all expression on your site, fair enough! I find it amusing of course, that’s what’s so interesting about the Internet. from the point of view of social observation, its invaluable.
7 Responses to “Guardian blogs - registration now here!”
It’s all about control and power. But we managed to squeeze in the Gruaniad Country Club as we’d always been a member. Posh is as posh does. Tis the advantage of being a goddess , my dear. Premonition, occult powers, hotline to the Illuminati, Member of the Galactic Council, (now those guys really are exclusive, trust me) as well as being a Page Four Girl. The Château Coulon really is delicious by the way. May the Easter Bunny bring chocolate!
Ceri
By Ceridwen Devi on Apr 13, 2006
hotline to the Illuminati - now that’s something Ceri, you’ll have half the Internet asking you about that one..
happy easter!
By sonia on Apr 14, 2006
You should have seen my tarot reading this morning. Super positive and creative! The Pastafarians have come over from Stuttgart so I have a new intern. She’s very wet behind the ears but awfully nice, with the usual German sensible flat shoes and Yassar Arafat scarf. Brought me some lovely Remstal cherry brandy too. Homemade by the Remstal rebel.
Happy Bunny!
By Ceridwen Devi on Apr 14, 2006
I would like to let the communist girls know about my true profession. I am a proficient Indian astrologer, if you guys want your fortunes told, you can contact me with your date of birth, time, place of birth (latitude and longitude) and if possible an impression of your right and left hand palm.
I usually charge $20 from my overseas clients. If you want me to prescribe some lucky stones and ornaments then that will cost extra. I have astrological remedy for almost any problem. Contact me and be appeased.
By Voltaire on Apr 15, 2006
Merci, monsieur, mais ce n’ais pas nesescaire. Vous parlez de l’argent. Je suis un pauvre clochard gallois.
By Ceridwen Devi on Apr 15, 2006
communist girls eh?
By sonia on Apr 16, 2006
So you communist girls don’t need the services of a proficient Indian astrolger.
Well, I was only trying to help. I could have given you magic potions and lucky charms for almost any purpose.
By Voltaire on Apr 17, 2006