Comments from readers on Freep.com v.All Gloves Off

[Evelyn]

The Free Press isn't the only newspaper that's had issues with their online comments...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/te...l?ref=business

[R8RBOB]

The Free Press isn't the only newspaper that's had issues with their online comments...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/te...l?ref=business

Reading the comments from the Free Press is the reason why I never signed up. I find the crude, racist and ignorant comments not worth addressing. I was reading about the Luther Keith article and some of the posters were commenting to Stephen Henderson as to why Rochelle Riley will not allow comments to be posted on her column. What some of these ignorant readers didn't understand that writers such as Ms. Riley want to engage with readers regarding their comments but when the comments are stupid in nature why deal with the headache.

[xphillipjrx]

The Free Press isn't the only newspaper that's had issues with their online comments...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/te...l?ref=business

It is tough to put the cat back in the bag and it will be interesting to see if they can reel in the wackos with those ideas. We like to think that DetroitYES members are more educated than the average poster on Freep, but I think it's the self-policing that leads to quality.

People who post offensive comments on DY -anonymous or real name- are asked to change their tune or they get removed. There are other sites [[like offtopic.com) that allow more spirited debate than DY, but those sites still have boundaries. The only comments that get removed from newspapers are those that contain outright slurs. Anything else that's considered opinion is allowed to stay.

Better policing in the 90s on newspaper sites would have resulted in quality discussions today.