Sorry, had to run off for a couple of days. On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:51:37 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> wrote: >On 2004-03-12, Chris Metzler penned: >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:32:36 -0600 >> John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote: >>> >>> Now do likewise for the general media. The difference? The articles >>> are always written in an authoritative tone, and there is _no_ >>> discussion and_no_ comments. >> >> I'm confused as to what you're trying to say. It seems like you're >> saying that one source of crappy information (e.g. a news story in >> your local newspaper) isn't as good as a different source of crappy >> information (i.e. /.), because even though /.'s information is >> crappy, there's a lot *more* of it. (since, after all, it's in that >> discussion and commentary at /. that the crappiness resides) > > Er, no. At least, that's not how I understood it. > > As I understand it, > > Both official media sources and slashdot can contain inaccurate > statements. I agree. > The difference is, slashdot actually offers the chance for > uncensored peer review and commentary. I agree. My claims are that 1) gross inaccuracies are even *more* frequent on /. than they are in more conventional media; 2) useful corrections and clarifications of those gross inaccuracies on /., while sometimes present, are much much less frequent and don't really come close to stemming the tide of bad information; 3) finding those corrections, and indeed the good posts in general, takes a lot of time and effort. > Moderation isn't censorship -- > you can still read the comments if you want to. I agree. And some of the best posts on /. -- including many of the corrections of posts that are just-plain-wrong -- come from anonymous posters. Unfortunately, usually in order to see them, you have to be willing to wade through ASCII art of people pulling their butt cheeks apart, racism/bestiality posts, crapflooding, etc. -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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