[imc-scotland-discussion] closing comments for today?

[Tom Morton]

Jon wrote:
> I mostly agree about the comments thing... not a free for all though.
>
> But what about gash articles? they ought to be removed i feel, since
> they make the website look stupid. ie the press release from the anti
> farming alliance, or the stuff from the crazy people that usually start
> with Bush Nazis etc.

You didn't read what I said :-)

"I think it is enough that we remove opinions we don't like from the
newswire articles. I'm almost in favour of comments being a free-for-all,"

Moderate articles, mostly don't moderate comments.

> Jon
> 
> tom at infoseed.co.uk wrote:
>> Yeah in my opinion we are already too heavy-handed with comment
>> moderation. I think it is enough that we remove opinions we don't like
>> from the newswire articles. I'm almost in favour of comments being a
>> free-for-all, which on the internet necessarily means ad hominem attacks
>> and stupid accusations and lots of other tedious crap. Perhaps we should
>> only hide spam, postings of people's personal details, and a few other
>> nasty things.
> 
-- 
Tom