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You're quite right. Normally I'm pretty good about that. (At least, I remembered today: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/24/fcc-prepares-to-pull-broadband-privacy

You're quite right. Normally I'm pretty good about that. (At least, I remembered today: https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/24/fcc-prepares-to-pull-broadband-privacy-rules-adopted-last-year/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/24/fcc-prepares-to-pull-broad...) This article went through several revisions as I did research so the original opening couple paragraphs and links got lost in the shuffle. I've added the link back in.

mulmen 10y ago
Wow, thank you for this response. An author responding to a comment on their article seems rare in my eyes. Do you think this kind of commentary should happen on the TC website instead of a third party site? Do you think Facebook comments are conducive to constructive commentary on your articles?
- devindotcom 10y ago
  Personally I see no sense in trying to contain discussion on-site rather than here, on Facebook, or reddit etc. People want to discuss things in the community of their choosing. Better to intelligently collate and sort those conversations. I wrote about it here if you're curious: http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/13/shouts-and-murmurations/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/13/shouts-and-murmurations/
  - phreack 10y ago
    I actually believe exactly the opposite, it was chance that you saw this post on HN and had the good faith to update the article, and I believe fostering a nice community on your own sites increases the odds of these kinds of events, and in the end improves reporting accuracy and quality (among plenty of other benefits).
- frik 10y ago
  I am with you. It would be better news sites have their own comment system. It's very sad that most US news sites axed their comment section or just include the crud FB comment widget. It's appalling that even sites like IMDb removed their comments and forum. Is this pure incompetence or a war on freedom of human right to speak/write openly? How hard is it to maintain comment section, can't you moderate the comments like it worked fine everywhere for decades? I am more and more the opinion we really need an MySpace successor to balance Facebook. MySpace was always about anon user accounts, express yourself, in internet anonymity, do things you like with people who have the same interests. Facebook is all about real identity, it can create a lot of bad blood and bad mood. It's really cumbersome to use it for anything of special interest like computers (yes nowadays, most just care about smartphones, not how it works) as your friends will see all your interactions and react on it. See here on HN, lots of insightful comments from anon accounts. What do you get from FB comments section - spam from bots and subjective blabla. Please suggest to your higher up to add a proper comment section.

mulmen 10y ago

Wow, thank you for this response. An author responding to a comment on their article seems rare in my eyes. Do you think this kind of commentary should happen on the TC website instead of a third party site? Do you think Facebook comments are conducive to constructive commentary on your articles?

devindotcom 10y ago
Personally I see no sense in trying to contain discussion on-site rather than here, on Facebook, or reddit etc. People want to discuss things in the community of their choosing. Better to intelligently collate and sort those conversations. I wrote about it here if you're curious: http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/13/shouts-and-murmurations/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/13/shouts-and-murmurations/
- phreack 10y ago
  I actually believe exactly the opposite, it was chance that you saw this post on HN and had the good faith to update the article, and I believe fostering a nice community on your own sites increases the odds of these kinds of events, and in the end improves reporting accuracy and quality (among plenty of other benefits).
frik 10y ago
I am with you. It would be better news sites have their own comment system. It's very sad that most US news sites axed their comment section or just include the crud FB comment widget. It's appalling that even sites like IMDb removed their comments and forum. Is this pure incompetence or a war on freedom of human right to speak/write openly? How hard is it to maintain comment section, can't you moderate the comments like it worked fine everywhere for decades? I am more and more the opinion we really need an MySpace successor to balance Facebook. MySpace was always about anon user accounts, express yourself, in internet anonymity, do things you like with people who have the same interests. Facebook is all about real identity, it can create a lot of bad blood and bad mood. It's really cumbersome to use it for anything of special interest like computers (yes nowadays, most just care about smartphones, not how it works) as your friends will see all your interactions and react on it. See here on HN, lots of insightful comments from anon accounts. What do you get from FB comments section - spam from bots and subjective blabla. Please suggest to your higher up to add a proper comment section.