[Boston-editorial] comments solicited on boston imc editorial policies...

[Matthew Williams]

Thanks for your feedback. This is helpful as we decide how to deal with 
trolls, an on-going conversation.

While we definitely want to discourage trolls from posting, in terms of 
formulating a policy to guide us, it's hard to distinguish between 
legitimate conservative posters (we don't want to hide people's posts 
simply because we disagree with them) and those just causing trouble. 
Right now, we draw the line at posts that are clearly prejudiced, 
contains threats of violence, and are simply insulting, with no 
substantial comments. If you have any suggestions on where else we 
could draw the line, we'd welcome it.

-- Matt Williams

On May 11, 2005, at 6:04 AM, maus wrote:

> i definitely feel like boston imc mods let WAY too much go... "free
> speech" and open dialogue is one thing... letting "our" websites become
> platforms for racist/prowar/etc type commentary is totally another and
> there is no reason to let this be. if it's a question of the time put 
> in
> to clear out troll comments, i'm sure if you put a call out you would 
> get
> a good response. it just seems to me there are way too many huge, 
> insane
> "debate" threads that revolve primarily around right wing trolls 
> showing
> up to bash people, and regular IMC users waste their breath bashing 
> back.
> it seems to me a lot of IMCs have a similar rep, sadly, and it drives
> people away from using them.
>
> my 2 cents. since someone asked (matthew williams i belive)
>
> maus
>
>
> -- 
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