While many other media organizations have gotten rid of their reader comments, including Reuters and Bloomberg, the New York Times says it plans to expand its commenting features and invest more… Read more »
Guardian digital editor and former New York Times staffer Aron Pilhofer says media outlets are making a monumental mistake by ending comments, instead of focusing on how they can use them… Read more »
As Medium founder and former Twitter CEO Evan Williams points out in a recent post, there is still far too much obsession with metrics like pageviews and unique visitors instead of… Read more »
Many media sites are deciding to shut down reader comments because they have become troll and spam-filled cesspools — but why not show how much you value readers by spending the… Read more »
A survey done by the commenting platform Disqus shows that readers see comments posted by those using pseudonyms as being just as trustworthy as those using real names Read more »
De Correspondent, the Dutch crowdfunding success story, has built a $2-million base of subscribers in just a year — and it has also learned a lot about how being open with… Read more »
The New York Times has been criticized because some of its senior editors and writers — including its executive editor — don’t use Twitter. That may seem trivial to some, but… Read more »
Many media outlets seem to believe that by forcing readers to use their real identities, they will solve the problem of bad comments — but in reality, all they are doing… Read more »
Many journalists probably see Reddit as an internet sideshow filled with nerds discussing video games, but GM Erik Martin makes the point that it’s also a great way to find people… Read more »
The 97-page internal report on what the New York Times needs to do online contains many things of value, but it glosses over one important point: the way the NYT does… Read more »