Agree with this. The best is to have once-a-week or something moderated Open Forum type post and solicit comment there on all or any given topic. We were livin

Agree with this. The best is to have once-a-week or something moderated Open Forum type post and solicit comment there on all or any given topic. We were living in the world of sanity in the days of editorial page with letters to editor, but blogging brought that model upside down. In the long run and collectively, the comments have not really helped other than where they are specifically appropriate (like link sharing sites like HN/Reddit etc).