Friday, August 10, 2007

Commenters: Your Word Arrows Sting

FrontBurner | Adam McGill:
“I did read Schutze's post and got my feelers hurt by some of the comments thereafter. I'm sensitive like that. Someone named 'space' wrote:
DMN never utters a word without an agenda and that 'D' is just crap. I've said it before elsewhere and I'll say it again here now, reading Frontburner is like eavesdropping on the breakroom in a Park Cities hair salon. It's horrible.
First of all, I imagine eavesdropping on the breakroom in a Park Cities hair salon would be pretty entertaining. Secondly, who is this 'space' man? ... Thirdly, the topic of 'Comments on Blogs: Allow Them Or Not' is an interesting one. 'Space,' 'whatever,' and other anonymous commenters make a good argument for keeping FB comment-free for now.”
Ed Cognoski responds:

Thank you, "space," for expressing so aptly what many of us readers have only vaguely felt. And thank you, Mr McGill, for letting his comment get through Frontburner's "no comments" wall. His comment was the best reading on Frontburner in some time. More comments, please.

1 comment:

Scout said...

P.S. Dallas Blog blocks several readers with opposing views from commenting. Look at how dead it is over there lately. Before, the comments were often the best part of that blog. Now, not so much.