Kind of a fascinating thought-experiment:
This use of the comments here is an emergent phenomenon. I can control but only at a very high cost. Not worth it.
This use of the opportunity of the comment function isn't free. It discourages other kinds of discourse that I would prefer. It discourages other people from commenting, both who agree and who disagree with my worldview and Don's.
So I am looking for suggestions for how it might be controlled in a cost-effective manner.
via Cafe Hayek: Emergent Comments.
Any of the technical readers here have thoughts on Dr Roberts’ predicament?
i’d say outsource it! division of labour and such. this suggestion is from my inner economist though.
I would say outsource it. This comes from my inner economist though.
I wonder if any commenting system has used a pre-delay before allowing posts…
group comments by responder, with a view more type of button?
Only give the 140 characters to make their point, or link to their own blog if they have more to say.
Disallow anon comments. Dsandler spells it out:
http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2009/02/26/twitter-comments