Comments on: I love your blog! (psst… Or Not.)

By: Matt Martell

Matt Martell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:17:01 +0000

In terms of administrations I like the wikipedia approach – user regulation. If there are enough legitimate users the ones who are malicious will be weeded out.

The other possibility I was thinking of is a more rigorous registration system which requires more concrete and real information. Tough part with that is I personally don't like giving up too much information because of the possibility of hackers or what not.

By: GoKTGo

GoKTGo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:07:57 +0000

That's a really good point, Matt.

If you're going to be passionate about something and say whatever you want, you shouldn't be afraid to back it up with who you really are.

Do you think that there's any way to make people more accountable on the internet?

By: Matt Martell

Matt Martell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:01:47 +0000

One of the big things I noticed through analyzing web comments for a music and politics course I took in college was the lack of accountability. It's definitely different now a days with twitter and all that where your name and face are connected to your comments but on sites like youtube where you can create a username in a few seconds you can effectively create a vague persona. Some of the youtube comments that I saw were incredibly “mean” and when you view their information it is completely blank. So there is no accountability for what they say. Further some sites allow you to post comments anonymously which further masks identity and allows someone to be a little more frank or harsh than if speaking face to face.

By: Matt Martell

Matt Martell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:17:01 +0000

In terms of administrations I like the wikipedia approach – user regulation. If there are enough legitimate users the ones who are malicious will be weeded out.

By: GoKTGo

GoKTGo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:07:57 +0000