There’s going to be a live discussion on WashingtonPost.com about the post.blog comment shutdown from last week and the technical and ethical issues around it. It’s going to start at 1pm this afternoon so if you want to watch it and/or ask questions, you can go here. If you’re late for the party you can still read it after the fact.
One thing we supposedly know already is that comments will return. Dan Gillmor heard from WaPo-online editor Jim Brady and supposedly they’ll return sooner rather than later. I find the facts as they were told to Dan a little questionable, though. The implication of what was told to Dan seems to be that it’s about accountability and identifying a poster, but over on his live chat from Friday Brady implies it’s a content issue. Proof will be in the pudding, I suppose. Anyone want to start a pool on how long till comments return?
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
Well I used to say something in my profile about not quite being a “tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy” but Tom stole that for our about us page, so I guess I’ll have to find another way to express that I am a man of many interests.
Hmm, guess I just did.
My tastes run the gamut from sophomoric to Shakespeare and in my “professional” life I’ve sold things, served beer, written software, and carried heavy objects… sometimes at the same place. It’s that range of loves and activities that makes it so easy for me to love DC – we’ve got it all.
