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I don't like reading articles on Google+. The typography is unpleasant. And it's not the pseudonyms that lead to incivilities, it's the lack of a good moderato
by antninja 15y ago
I don't like reading articles on Google+. The typography is unpleasant.
And it's not the pseudonyms that lead to incivilities, it's the lack of a good moderator system. Google seems to hope to not have to develop such a system if they enforce real names, but bad people don't care about their reputation.
- robrenaud 15y agoHere are CS researchers blogging partially anonymously. http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2011/12/what-is-breakthrough.html#comment-form http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2011/12/what-is-brea... . Similar nastiness can be found on Scott Aaronson's blog. Is it strange that almost all of the nasty comments are anonymous? As an honest researcher, you can't just delete the criticism, even if it's unproductive, hostile, and borderline trolling. To be fair, there is some nastiness from people who post their real names. But I don't think that moderation is the solution.
- mikeash 15y agoWhy can't an honest researcher delete unproductive and hostile criticism? If their criticism really needs to be read, they can go and post it on their own blog. Comments are a way to allow participation, but nothing requires them to be a free for all.
- abraham 15y agoI'm curious what you don't think is good from the moderation system in Google+? You can block/report any one, report any comment, and remove any comment from your own posts.