On Comments
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
There’s been a lot of discussion this week about comments on the web - specifically the inappropriate comments posted on Digg regarding Kathy Sierra. These comments and the death threats Kathy received were tasteless and cowardly. Robert Scoble was disgusted enough to walk away from blogging for the week, and countless others have stood up for Kathy by denouncing the anonymous bullies responsible for this affair. The web should be facilitating diverse and deep conversations – not sadistic, off-color comments at the expense of an incredible and brilliant woman.
I think now is a good time to have a discussion about comments. What is the purpose of commenting? Is there anything we can change about the current system to re-align us with that purpose?