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Scientists seek to shutdown negative online comments about science | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 32109042  United States02/03/2013 04:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.npr.org] "Preserving Science News in an Online World" FLATOW: So do you believe that they should be moderated, these blogs? ZIVKOVIC: Yes, I think the ideas about comment amelioration have changed over the past, you know, 10 or 15 years, that these things exist online. In the beginning, I think there was the idea that this should be a free forum. And now there are so many free fora out there that I don't think a site like Scientific American should provide a free form for everything and everybody and all kinds of online fights to happen in our comments because I think the free speech applies to the Web as a whole, not to any particular site.And I think the host of the site has to keep in mind what is the goal of the site, what is the reason why the site exists. If it's educational, then these kinds of comments need to go. And it's perfectly OK. It's perfectly legal to do it. So I think we need to have our readers in mind first and act appropriately.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1663367  Poland02/03/2013 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.npr.org] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32109042 "Preserving Science News in an Online World" FLATOW: So do you believe that they should be moderated, these blogs? ZIVKOVIC: Yes, I think the ideas about comment amelioration have changed over the past, you know, 10 or 15 years, that these things exist online. In the beginning, I think there was the idea that this should be a free forum. And now there are so many free fora out there that I don't think a site like Scientific American should provide a free form for everything and everybody and all kinds of online fights to happen in our comments because I think the free speech applies to the Web as a whole, not to any particular site.And I think the host of the site has to keep in mind what is the goal of the site, what is the reason why the site exists. If it's educational, then these kinds of comments need to go. And it's perfectly OK. It's perfectly legal to do it. So I think we need to have our readers in mind first and act appropriately. Pretty much most of science is corrupted. From clinical studies, to research grants and sacred cows etc. Take a look at this, for instance: [link to asserttrue.blogspot.co.uk] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22065781  Canada02/03/2013 04:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17418121  Ireland02/03/2013 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had to look up the word ameliorate to make a bad or unpleasant situation better Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought. amelioration noun (Definition of ameliorate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)  how will this make things better? I agree on educational sites to filter the nonsense but what else can this achieve? |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 32109042 United States02/03/2013 04:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had to look up the word ameliorate Quoting: tayto to make a bad or unpleasant situation better Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought. amelioration noun (Definition of ameliorate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) how will this make things better? I agree on educational sites to filter the nonsense but what else can this achieve? Apparently some folks think science works best in a mutual admiration society echo chamber. |
Sargeant Major Trouble 32  User ID: 12086234 United States02/03/2013 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With a name like the guy offering his opinion, I smell a commie Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22065781 Whatever happened to better dead than red? Nowadays it seems if it aint red make em dead. what does a commie smell like then? Like government cheese, or whatever cologne Obamination wears.  "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington "The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington “No man survives when freedom fails, The best men rot in filthy jails, And those who cry ‘appease, appease’ Are hanged by those they tried to please.” Hiram Mann |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17418121 Ireland02/03/2013 05:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had to look up the word ameliorate Quoting: tayto to make a bad or unpleasant situation better Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought. amelioration noun (Definition of ameliorate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) how will this make things better? I agree on educational sites to filter the nonsense but what else can this achieve? Apparently some folks think science works best in a mutual admiration society echo chamber. i would like one of those chambers id get in it on my own & start a self appreciation society first, then maybe some likeminded people & a couple of messers  |
| KillerKoodaaa User ID: 30481468 Canada02/03/2013 05:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With a name like the guy offering his opinion, I smell a commie Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22065781 Whatever happened to better dead than red? Nowadays it seems if it aint red make em dead. what does a commie smell like then? HOW DID YOU GET INTERNET IN PRISON? baffle m with briliance,or startle m with stupidity. everbody outta the pool. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17418121 Ireland02/03/2013 05:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With a name like the guy offering his opinion, I smell a commie Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22065781 Whatever happened to better dead than red? Nowadays it seems if it aint red make em dead. what does a commie smell like then? Like government cheese, or whatever cologne Obamination wears. do you know we (western dairy comsuming nations) smell like sour milk to asians? i agree every nation has a smell based on their diet but specific political groups do not its kinda sad you associate politics with smells its a fanastic human sense we dont appreciate lecture over |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17418121 Ireland02/03/2013 05:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With a name like the guy offering his opinion, I smell a commie Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22065781 Whatever happened to better dead than red? Nowadays it seems if it aint red make em dead. what does a commie smell like then? HOW DID YOU GET INTERNET IN PRISON? took the fall for someone & i live like a queen in here :-) |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 32415570 United States02/03/2013 05:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They're only talking about the Scientific American site. You're still free to demonstrate ignorance here.  yepby all means, please continue posting about how Elenin, I mean Nibiru, I mean Comet #whatever is going to wipe us all out "SOON" or how a pole shift is "IMMINENT", every year for the past decade...  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 32539907 United States02/03/2013 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | With a name like the guy offering his opinion, I smell a commie Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22065781 Whatever happened to better dead than red? Nowadays it seems if it aint red make em dead. what does a commie smell like then? Like government cheese, or whatever cologne Obamination wears. do you know we (western dairy comsuming nations) smell like sour milk to asians? i agree every nation has a smell based on their diet but specific political groups do not its kinda sad you associate politics with smells its a fanastic human sense we dont appreciate lecture over Is that why wet Asians smell like dog? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17418121 Ireland02/03/2013 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | do you know we (western dairy comsuming nations) smell like sour milk to asians? i agree every nation has a smell based on their diet but specific political groups do not its kinda sad you associate politics with smells its a fanastic human sense we dont appreciate lecture over Is that why wet Asians smell like dog? lol fish!!!!!! &me of different spices |
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