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By: What Kezia Dugdale’s retirement says about blogging « doctorvee

What Kezia Dugdale’s retirement says about blogging « doctorvee — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:39:25 +0000

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By: Ideas of Civilisation

Ideas of Civilisation — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:08:23 +0000

Good stuff Doctor Vee – some interesting ideas about why there is such a split between blogs and comment pages.

I really feel I should now find out a bit more about F1 so I can have a reciprocal post about something from your blog!

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:51:26 +0000

doctorvee sux LOL!!!111

But I jest. On F1 Fanatic we inevitably get some debates that are more heated than others: the three most commented stories are all about Lewis Hamilton.

Apart from the usual restrictions on racism, sexism etc… I perhaps go a step further than some by banning swearing and insults. I think it stops things getting out of hand and I think it encourages a better quality of discussion.

Of course the vast majority of commentators wouldn’t swear or insult each other even if the restriction wasn’t there, but I suspect some would be put off from commenting in the first place if the saw flame wars going on, so I think the approach works to the site’s benefit.

As for not commenting anonymously, I’m all for it. I think anonymous commenting usually just encourages people to express their opinions more vehemently than they ordinarily would.