Not that you'd think this'd be best of the web ...
March 27, 2008 2:19 PM Subscribe
Not that you'd think at first glance this'd be best of the web ...... but Boing Boing's comment-moderator (and sci-fi author/editor), Teresa Nielsen Hayden, actually lays down a fairly good amalgamation of common sense, wry humor, and quirky eyebrows with the introduction of a formal "comment policy" for the ever-popular Boing Boing site.
This really caught my eye when this so-very-often-overlooked bit re: online "free speech" was laid out:
(Yes, I posted Boing Boing's comment policy to Metafilter. That's because even bureaucratic administrivia can occasionally be exemplary and amusing.)
This really caught my eye when this so-very-often-overlooked bit re: online "free speech" was laid out:
Q. I can't believe that Boing Boing, of all places, would be using censorship. What happened to freedom of speech?A lovely response to the "halp halp I'm being repressed! come and see the violence inherited in the system!" crowd.
A. Boing Boing is steadfast in its support of your freedom of speech. We believe that you, O Reader, should be able to have (or refuse to have) anything you want on your own website, as long as it doesn't deprive others of their rights. Yay, freedom of speech!
By that same token, freedom of speech also means that the people who write and edit Boing Boing have the right to have (or refuse to have) anything they want on their own website. If one of the things they don't want is a comment that you have posted, they aren't depriving you of your freedom of speech. You're free to put that comment up on your own webpage.
(Yes, I posted Boing Boing's comment policy to Metafilter. That's because even bureaucratic administrivia can occasionally be exemplary and amusing.)
This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this would kind of go better in metatalk where we already pretty much decided it wasn't really great for metatalk either. -- cortex
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posted by Stynxno at 2:25 PM on March 27, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by Stynxno at 2:25 PM on March 27, 2008 [3 favorites]
"Disemvowelling?" Just delete it and shut the fuck up. No, don't be "clever" about it, just delete it. You're a mod. That's what you should do. Just delete the fucking thing, and spare us your wit.
posted by Dr-Baa at 2:26 PM on March 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Dr-Baa at 2:26 PM on March 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
the comments on boing boing are seldom worth reading..... perhaps this is why.....
there's no real discussion there, just folks stroking their egos 'cuz they have a boing boing account...
/yes, i have a boing boing account, but i post all my crap here at metafilter!
posted by HuronBob at 2:26 PM on March 27, 2008
there's no real discussion there, just folks stroking their egos 'cuz they have a boing boing account...
/yes, i have a boing boing account, but i post all my crap here at metafilter!
posted by HuronBob at 2:26 PM on March 27, 2008
The disemvoweling script is really quite clever way of shutting down trolls since you're not deleting, you're leaving their message there for all to see. Visible punishment, woo!
Of course, it's a pain in the ass when a critique is disemvoweled.. not that I've had that happen..er.. more than three or four times? Fun at first to try to figure out what the message was, painful later when valid opinons are removed and left as mr shdws f thmslvs.
It's nice that BB brought some form of commenting back. It's still not necessarily direct, and yes, everything is sanitized, but I guess that's why they want you to use your own blog to reply.
I'm trying to dig up some of the old QuickTopic threads where Cory went apeshit on people just for disagreeing with him, but my google is failing me at the moment. Hmmm...
posted by cavalier at 2:28 PM on March 27, 2008
Of course, it's a pain in the ass when a critique is disemvoweled.. not that I've had that happen..er.. more than three or four times? Fun at first to try to figure out what the message was, painful later when valid opinons are removed and left as mr shdws f thmslvs.
It's nice that BB brought some form of commenting back. It's still not necessarily direct, and yes, everything is sanitized, but I guess that's why they want you to use your own blog to reply.
I'm trying to dig up some of the old QuickTopic threads where Cory went apeshit on people just for disagreeing with him, but my google is failing me at the moment. Hmmm...
posted by cavalier at 2:28 PM on March 27, 2008
Commenting or reading comments on Boing Boing has never struck me as a good idea.
I'd probably just bitch about how it isn;t as good as it used to be anyway.
posted by Artw at 2:28 PM on March 27, 2008
I'd probably just bitch about how it isn;t as good as it used to be anyway.
posted by Artw at 2:28 PM on March 27, 2008
I didn't know that it was possible to be more tedious than a Wikipedia administrator. Congratulations, Boing Boing, you've helped the web reach a new level of tedium!
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:30 PM on March 27, 2008
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:30 PM on March 27, 2008
Well it is their site, so they can post all of their wit on it if they want.
The quality of this post was improved immeasurably by the link to "I'm being repressed!". Here's the video!
posted by WalterMitty at 2:30 PM on March 27, 2008
The quality of this post was improved immeasurably by the link to "I'm being repressed!". Here's the video!
posted by WalterMitty at 2:30 PM on March 27, 2008
And what HuronBob said, it's essentially back pats and fanboiism most of the time. I think you have to be one of those folks who never thought WIRED --> TIRED in order to really gel with the mindset.
posted by cavalier at 2:32 PM on March 27, 2008
posted by cavalier at 2:32 PM on March 27, 2008
I come to Metafilter to escape the back pats and fanboiism so prevalent on the rest of the internet.
posted by fire&wings at 2:34 PM on March 27, 2008
posted by fire&wings at 2:34 PM on March 27, 2008
While occaisionally obnoxious ("Live is a series of auditions. Get used to it.") there's some goodness here. From the page:
2. Making supercilious and unpleasant remarks in a civil liberties thread about how the victim had it coming. This is not to say that victims never have it coming; but there's a species of internet demi-troll that appears to specialize in posting such comments. Try not to look like you're one of them.
Man, does that seem familiar....
posted by JHarris at 2:37 PM on March 27, 2008
2. Making supercilious and unpleasant remarks in a civil liberties thread about how the victim had it coming. This is not to say that victims never have it coming; but there's a species of internet demi-troll that appears to specialize in posting such comments. Try not to look like you're one of them.
Man, does that seem familiar....
posted by JHarris at 2:37 PM on March 27, 2008
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