Commenting on comments

Jack D. Lail

3 min read October 15, 2013

Categories

• Online Media

• Four Ways to Improve the Culture of Commenting - NYTimes.com
• Gawker founder Nick Denton is still trying to reinvent reader comments – and it’s working – Tech News and Analysis

• [Why We’re Shutting Off Our Comments

  Popular Science](https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments)

• George Korda: Anonymous commenters: whether negative or positive, come out of the shadows » Knoxville News Sentinel

• [What is turning so many young men into internet trolls?

  Media

  The Observer](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/03/how-to-stop-trolls-social-media?CMP=twt_fd)

• Trending: David Goddard: When the few out-yell the many » Knoxville News Sentinel

• [The Reputation of the Internet Stumbles

  Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-leslie-gainesross/the-reputation-of-the-int_b_3672978.html?utm_hp_ref=business)

• WJLA Removes Comments From Most of Website: DCist

• [Top 12 Signs You’re Dealing With Trolls

  LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130722211438-2484700-top-12-signs-you-re-dealing-with-trolls)

• Note from the editor: The deal on comments » Anderson Independent Mail

• [Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder: survey

  Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/10/us-socialmedia-behaviour-survey-idUSBRE9390TO20130410)

• Tips on comment management - JackLail.com
• How Do You Respond to Trolls? You Don’t. - 10,000 Words
• New commenting platform on pjstar.com – Editor’s Desk: Words on the Journal Star newsroom and the business of journalism - pjstar.com
• Is ‘conversation management’ a core newsroom function? - JackLail.com

• [North Carolina newspaper cracks down on racial comments

  JIMROMENESKO.COM](https://jimromenesko.com/2012/11/14/north-carolina-newspaper-bans-racist-comments/)

• » Paper turns off comments on crime stories JIMROMENESKO.COM
• Are comments a wretched hive of scum and villainy or an underused resource for publishers? – paidContent
• HuffPo’s new ‘Conversations’ will improve comments — and make money for AOL – paidContent
• Nick Denton is betting the future of advertising is conversational – Tech News and Analysis
• Fixing online comments — how do you automate trust? – paidContent

• [The Verge and The Huffington Post attempt the impossible: making comments smarter

  PandoDaily](https://pandodaily.com/2013/02/01/the-verge-and-the-huffington-post-attempt-the-impossible-making-comments-smarter/)

• [Racist anti-aboriginal slurs and offensive comments prompt Thompson Citizen to permanently close Facebook page

  Thompson

  Thompson Citizen, Thompson, MB](https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20130130/THOMPSON0101/130139999/-1/thompson01/racist-anti-aboriginal-slurs-and-offensive-comments-prompt-thompson)

• [Commenting threads: good, bad, or not at all.

  A Blog Around The Clock, Scientific American Blog Network](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2013/01/28/commenting-threads-good-bad-or-not-at-all/)

• How Facebook comments do/don’t increase/decrease* trolling for news websites [*Delete as applicable]

• [TechCrunch’s teachable moment: media sites must own the conversation

  Dan Gillmor

  Comment is free

  guardian.co.uk](https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/25/techcrunch-teachable-moment-media-comment)

• Commenting on the Internet »

• [Early comments on stories affect what later readers believe, and what they say

  Poynter.](https://www.poynter.org/how-tos/community-engagement/202035/early-comments-on-stories-set-the-tone-for-what-readers-believe-and-do/)

• [Bill Would Protect Identity of Online Commenters

  Humphrey on the Hill

  knoxnews.com](https://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2013/01/bill-would-protect-identity-of.html)

• Not a good 24 hours for Facebook comments
• Are comments just so 2009? - JackLail.com
• Build a ladder of interactivity to engage your readers with your publishing business
• Embedding Google+ Comments on Websites Will Boost Google+ to New Levels
• Are Comments on Websites Effective? : WebPub
• Xark!: Why I shut down comments
• Why comments have been turned off on the FM website. It’s the same reason others have done so. « Fabius Maximus
• Topix won’t protect identity of blogger named in Hawkins County libel lawsuit » Knoxville News Sentinel

• [The Science of Why Comment Trolls Suck

  Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/you-idiot-course-trolls-comments-make-you-believe-science-less)

• Online story comments affect news perception : CJR
• That’s Not the Way It Is: How User-Generated Comments on the News Affect Perceived Media Bias – Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center

• [Exclusive: Attorney at Law and Digital Marketer Glen Gilmore compares

  ANCHORFAN](https://www.anchorfan.com/image/exclusive-attorney-at-law-and-digital-marketer-glen-gilmore-compares-uk-and-usa-social-media-law-in-sport-59582.html)

• Comment Moderation Tool - Facebook Developers
• Comments - Facebook Developers

• [Newspaper: Don’t even think of slamming us on our Facebook page!

  JIMROMENESKO.COM](https://jimromenesko.com/2012/08/21/newspaper-dont-even-think-of-slamming-us-on-our-facebook-page/)

• What makes a troll tick? You can ask Dr. Troll - Technolog on msnbc.com

• [How Gawker wants to monetize comments

  Felix Salmon](https://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/05/22/how-gawker-wants-to-monetize-comments/)

• [New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech

  Threat Level

  Wired.com](https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/anonymous-online-speech-ban/)

• `This is vindication’
• Inside Forbes: Love ‘em or Hate ‘em, Comments Are Critical to Media Success in a Social World - Forbes
• Nick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head – Tech News and Analysis
• Comments are Bad Business for Online Media – ANIMAL
• How online comments prime readers’ perceptions of negative news
• How to Get Past Times Moderators - NYTimes.com
• The ‘tragedy of comments’ - JackLail.com
• Have online comment sections become ‘a joke’? - CNN.com

• [Daily Dot

  Gawker Media’s Nick Denton comments on](https://www.dailydot.com/business/gawker-media-nick-denton-tragedy-of-comments/)

• Gawker Will Deputize Commenters, Says Sheriff Nick Denton - Liz Gannes - Media - AllThingsD

• [Gawker Founder Nick Denton Plans To Revamp Site’s Comment Strategy

  Adweek](https://www.adweek.com/news/press/nick-denton-tragedy-comments-138881)

• Scripting News: What is Relative Writing?
• Scripting News: No comment
• The Washington Post tries a new weapon to fight the trolls: humans » Nieman Journalism Lab

• [Washington Post cracks down on bad comments

  Poynter.](https://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/161358/washington-post-cracks-down-on-bad-comments/)

• Who Will Win the Race to Build the Web’s Best Real-Name Identity Service?

• [Gerber: Our online comments policy is changing

  timesfreepress.com](https://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/01/gerber-our-online-comments-policy-changing/)

• Gannett Blog: GCI switching all sites to Facebook commenting

• [The case of anonymity in social media

  TechRepublic](https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/the-case-of-anonymity-in-social-media/7025)

• Obit for a Flaming Troll - Noise - Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi
• The New York Times Loves Some Readers More Than Others - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Gannett requiring Facebook for posting

• [Comments on Your Website: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  The City Wire](https://www.thecitywire.com/index.php?q=node/19016)