tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post5567731443453420148..comments2024-03-29T00:44:42.046+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO READERS: Moderating Comments On "Bowalley Road".Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3075597124131573762016-08-12T00:54:21.319+12:002016-08-12T00:54:21.319+12:00I'll endorse the initiative & prior commen...I'll endorse the initiative & prior comments. There's a paradox around free speech: support the principle & you inevitably encounter its downside, so pragmatism kicks in to compromise the principle.<br /><br />Looks like there's a rule of commmunity that applies; any group will form a consensus to eliminate threats to the quality of group discourse. Any person seeking to contribute offensive comments provokes retaliation, but the culture of individualism makes it bipolar - unless others are sufficiently concerned to form the consensus.<br /><br />Thus verbal pollution of the group mind can trigger a natural quality-control reaction. The blogger, host of the group of commentators, eliminates the pollution for the mutual benefit of all participants (other than the would-be nonconformist). Very green. An exemplary demonstration of the relevant Green Party Charter principle (appropriate decision-making).Dennis Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896548696877859130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-87054026143463845132016-08-11T18:26:03.373+12:002016-08-11T18:26:03.373+12:00I've been disagreeing with you lately Chris......I've been disagreeing with you lately Chris....surely a good sign. Keep us all honest. Appreciate you do this for love so much appreciated. Nick Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-52030625030197829972016-08-11T13:07:20.872+12:002016-08-11T13:07:20.872+12:00Well done Mr Trotter.
Your controls do nothing mo...Well done Mr Trotter.<br /><br />Your controls do nothing more than require civil tongues and good manners.Adolf Fiinkenseinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045358863278087055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12009941018783279062016-08-10T22:08:59.525+12:002016-08-10T22:08:59.525+12:00Oh Noes !!! What ? You mean no more endless debate...Oh Noes !!! What ? You mean no more endless debates about immigration and multi-culturalism in comments to posts that make no mention whatsoever of such issues ??? <br /><br />Whatever will become of us all ???swordfishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50606827193890464702016-08-10T21:30:00.166+12:002016-08-10T21:30:00.166+12:00Hi Chris
I have noticed that people stray i...Hi Chris<br /> I have noticed that people stray into private conversations and the evidence is there that I have been drawn in to responding to it myself. would it be possible , without requiring your constant implementation , to set up a system where participants could choose to be connected privately and carry on their conversation off your page?<br /> I hope you don't get so irked with us that you toss it in.<br />Cheers DavidDavid Stonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-14727075604492349152016-08-10T21:17:49.591+12:002016-08-10T21:17:49.591+12:00Hi Chris, nice of the other anonymous responders t...Hi Chris, nice of the other anonymous responders to ruin it for the rest of us but I understand what you are dealing with so am happy to comply. Could I add one further request - some sort of limit on length? If there is one I haven't found it yet, maybe I've never blathered on long enough. I think concise feedback from lots of people is more interesting for readers (and a better discipline for responders) than seeing (say) 3 long tedious responses from the usual suspects. Maybe ask Danyl McLauchlan what system he uses as he seems to have comments well sorted there - many of his blogs get 20 - 40 mostly pithy responses that massively amplify the value, stimulation and impact of the blogs themselves.Joe-90noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-80268178021990456282016-08-10T20:47:22.547+12:002016-08-10T20:47:22.547+12:00An excellent decision, Chris.An excellent decision, Chris.Jack Scrivanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-83518221807750762882016-08-10T12:54:50.596+12:002016-08-10T12:54:50.596+12:00We will all take that to heart I am sure Chris. ...We will all take that to heart I am sure Chris. I did a deep search to the ends of your posts list and came up with this heartfelt thought you had in December 2008. I thought it a good endpiece to your post above. It is still so relevant to the Left - can we `make it so'. <br /><br /><i>If, instead of by turns praising and lambasting one another in the splendid isolation of the blogosphere, or at conferences attended by nobody apart from the usual suspects, the revolutionary "philosophers" of the Left were willing, for just three years, to put to one side their fiery principles, and devote the many and considerable skills they undoubtedly possess to developing a much higher degree of emotional congruence between the leadership and the rank-and-file of the New Zealand labour movement, they might be surprised at how much of the world they could change.</i>greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-25984598767084565292016-08-10T12:27:17.219+12:002016-08-10T12:27:17.219+12:00Hallelujah!
good move Chris, your posts are well ...Hallelujah!<br /><br />good move Chris, your posts are well researched and thought out whether readers agree with the analysis or not and deserve some respect, there is a surfeit of places online already for those that need to regularly treat others as human punching bags; the “anonymous” posters were putting me off from commenting here more regularly (heh, my fans will be pleased I am sure)<br />Tiger Mountainnoreply@blogger.com