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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: ricksterps Date: August 19, 2021, 3:24 pm
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[quote author=Lurknomore link=topic=84.msg3188#msg3188
date=1629404162]
Today is National Rickroll Day.
[/quote] BP would say that I think that's everyday :)
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: kkt Date: August 19, 2021, 4:55 pm
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[quote author=rickroll link=topic=84.msg3000#msg3000
date=1629396009]
[quote author=PalomaBlanca link=topic=84.msg2973#msg2973
date=1629395243]
[quote]
I think in general comments sections are on the way out. They
are more of a chore and liability than they are worth and
undermine the gravitas of the reporting in many cases. The NYT
keeps a really tight rein on comments with pre-publication
censoring and monitoring, but it's labor-intensive and seems to
be arbitrarily done by low-level workers.
I don't see much difference between scrubbing them before they
pop up or soon after; it's still a reminder that these are
commercial enterprises that have zero obligation to provide a
soapbox for random passersby. We are free to take it or leave
it.
[/quote]
Well, you may be right and comments may be on the way out....but
I think the policy around them should be clear. :)
And as for scrubbing them? I have an issue with the WaPo saying
"Here are our guidelines", when in fact different guidelines
exist that apparently go to post content and those are not made
public. When there are secret rules known only to moderators
and staff, that's an ethical issue.
And doing it "under the cover of darkness" is just an
authoritarian rewriting of history. It doesn't go down well.
If there's an issue, tell people.
[/quote]
I think there was a major miscalculation but there ain't no
unringing that bell. I am glad to be a part of the Resistance
;D
[/quote]
[quote]But we who are still free will do
all we can. We are organized.
Underground, like everywhere else.[/quote]
[size=12pt][b]- Casablanca
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: kkt Date: August 19, 2021, 5:18 pm
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[quote author=Skowronek link=topic=84.msg3180#msg3180
date=1629403812]
[quote author=GenuineKosherDill link=topic=84.msg2967#msg2967
date=1629394755]
[quote author=PalomaBlanca link=topic=84.msg2956#msg2956
date=1629393942]
First, Hey Rick! Good to see you and I cheered your message to
Hax!
What concerns me is that the staff is massively purging the
comments in Hax. Not just a few, but to the tune of hundreds of
deleted posts at the end of the day. Tom first pointed out that
over 500 posts were removed two days ago, and last night over
600 posts were deleted at the end of the day.
Tell me that 600+ people violated community guidelines by using
profanity or were wildly OT and talked about dinner plans? Not
by a long shot.
This seems like the WaPo is going in retroactively and deleting
posts for content. Anything they don't agree with, goes. This
is quite Orwellian for a paper whose masthead talks about
democracy dying in darkness. And who is deciding which posts
have acceptable content, even if they don't violate the posted
guidelines? And why should the posted guidelines be a mirage,
with the real rules known only to the staff?
These massive deletions and cullings of posts are chilling to
me. Especially since they take place en masse.
[/quote]
I think in general comments sections are on the way out. They
are more of a chore and liability than they are worth and
undermine the gravitas of the reporting in many cases. The NYT
keeps a really tight rein on comments with pre-publication
censoring and monitoring, but it's labor-intensive and seems to
be arbitrarily done by low-level workers.
I don't see much difference between scrubbing them before they
pop up or soon after; it's still a reminder that these are
commercial enterprises that have zero obligation to provide a
soapbox for random passersby. We are free to take it or leave
it.
[/quote]
Maybe, but I see thousands of comments to other WaPo articles.
There are more than a few with over 5000.
[/quote]
Yeah, but those are usually politics or political opinion
articles, where the Democrats and the Republicans and the
Russian trolls all fight with each other.
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: Lurknomore Date: August 19, 2021, 5:34 pm
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[quote author=rickroll link=topic=84.msg3196#msg3196
date=1629404663]
[quote author=Lurknomore link=topic=84.msg3188#msg3188
date=1629404162]
Today is National Rickroll Day.
[/quote] BP would say that I think that's everyday :)
[/quote]
Rick, That was your cue to announce it is National Potato and
Aviation Day. Obviously, you’re way out of practice.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: CaviaPorcellus Date: August 19, 2021, 6:40 pm
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Seems like appealing to her is a lost cause. I just let my
subscription lapse and bounced. If she or anyone at WaPo
actually cared, they would have kept the community going.
Sucks for her column traffic, though.
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: northbayteky Date: August 19, 2021, 6:42 pm
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There was some speculation over on the daily thread that she may
be ready to pack it in.
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: CaviaPorcellus Date: August 19, 2021, 6:43 pm
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Seems better to make a retirement announcement then to boot us
all out. She's an entertainer, not a landlady.
Still, she had a good run. 24 years, right?
#Post#: 3388--------------------------------------------------
Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: Mamabear Date: August 19, 2021, 7:47 pm
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I'd just like to say I'm really happy to see Rick here and hope
all is going well🤗
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: AbidingDudev4.1 Date: August 19, 2021, 8:32 pm
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I'd just like to add that my level of petty indignation included
unfollowing Ms. Hax on Twitter.
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Re: What I sent to HAX about the OT ban
By: guest125 Date: August 19, 2021, 9:20 pm
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[quote author=Skowronek link=topic=84.msg2907#msg2907
date=1629391365]
She has almost 130,000 followers on Facebook. That doesn't mean
they read her every day, but it probably makes her feel good.
[/quote]
That isn't a huge number for FB. Plus, what really "counts" is
the number of daily interactions there. How many people go to
her page, post, whatever each day. But, yeah, maybe that makes
her feel good.
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