{"id":6860,"date":"2014-05-25T09:54:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T16:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2014-05-25T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T16:55:49","slug":"a-comment-on-comments-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/a-comment-on-comments-here\/","title":{"rendered":"A comment on comments here."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A comment on comments here.
\nUnlike most websites, we don’t get too many “trolls” on this page because, simply, it is a v. small minority of people who post disruptive (or irrelevant) comments and these people get identified very early on and zapped before they degrade the page. I estimate less than 1% of people who have posted here.<\/p>\n

The strategy on this page is not to moderate comments but to moderate people. Those who post regularly have a nontroll status & can say whatever they want.<\/p>\n

It could be that the negative aspect of the web in the article below is only coming from a small percentage of users.<\/p>\n

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The threat facing online comments – FT.com
\n<\/a><\/em>In the early days of the internet, there was much talk of how the web would connect us all, thereby furthering knowledge and fostering community. Yet for all its advocates\u2019 and early adopters\u2019 optimism about its potential to enable us to organise,
\nFinancial Times<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A comment on comments here. Unlike most… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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