  Zug Member Username: Zug Post Number: 163 Registered: 01-2004 |
I just have to vent a little, and see what some of you think. My "favorite" local paper is the Detroit Free Press, and I browse the online version every day. I also occasionally go to the Discuss Detroit forum to get the opinions from people concerned with the region. However, I CAN'T STAND how the Free Press now includes comments after each article. Granted, I am able to successfully ignore the comments most of the time, but it just feels very unprofessional to me. Whenever an article mentions crime in Detroit I am subjected to seeing anti-Detroit BS or racist rants right under the article. I am subjected to idiotic conspiracy theories. Unreliable "insider" information. Or persistent posts about firing Matt Millen in inappropriate articles (i.e. James Brown's death). The Free Press isn't a forum like Detroit Yes, so I want professionally written articles, not unscreened opinions by anonymous posters. I understand the "cool" thing now is interactivity and blogging, but it ends up getting me irritated whenever I read the comments (or inadvertently catch a few words in a comments section that i wanted to ignore). I guess you can say it makes the writers accountable, but it just seems unnecessary. Am I the only one bothered by the comments? (Well, at least you don't need to register to read articles like many other cities' newspapers sites.) | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 360 Registered: 10-2006 |
You should read the posts before submitting your own. There is already a discussion thread on this... | ||
Zug Member Username: Zug Post Number: 164 Registered: 01-2004 |
I do read the posts, and rarely start a thread. I just missed the thread this time. Thanks. https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/89455.html?1168046578 | ||
Hugo8100 Member Username: Hugo8100 Post Number: 21 Registered: 06-2006 |
The problem is that they are so unmoderated. Freep might be in a difficult position, as they don't want to be accused of squelching free speech. Too much moderation risks turning the forum into an echo chamber representing the moderators biases and opinions, so there's a fine line to walk. They do need to do something, though. I don't even bother to read the comments anymore because any reasonable comment is drowned out by all the racial bickering. |
