Some recent links about comments on websites.
- Build a ladder of interactivity to engage your readers with your publishing business
- Embedding Google+ Comments on Websites Will Boost Google+ to New Levels
- Are Comments on Websites Effective? : WebPub
- Xark!: Why I shut down comments
- Why comments have been turned off on the FM website. It’s the same reason others have done so. « Fabius Maximus
- Topix won’t protect identity of blogger named in Hawkins County libel lawsuit » Knoxville News Sentinel
- The Science of Why Comment Trolls Suck | Mother Jones
- Online story comments affect news perception : CJR
- That’s Not the Way It Is: How User-Generated Comments on the News Affect Perceived Media Bias — Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
- Exclusive: Attorney at Law and Digital Marketer Glen Gilmore compares | ANCHORFAN
- Newspaper: Don’t even think of slamming us on our Facebook page! | JIMROMENESKO.COM
- What makes a troll tick? You can ask Dr. Troll – Technolog on msnbc.com
- How Gawker wants to monetize comments | Felix Salmon
- New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech | Threat Level | Wired.com
More links at Pinboard.in.
I wonder what makes comments so 2009. As far as I am concerned, comments are very much still welcomed these days. Of course, SPAM bots are more rampant more than ever and even though you try to add widgets and plugins that can help fight these off, a couple will always be able to go through even with such security measures.