wiljr

How much are you spending to rent a contact list?

Thanks for this note, and suggestion.

Indeed, I first checked my bank and PayPal accounts. Thankfully, there was no activity.

The only piece that was connected to me was the email address. But that wasn't what was important to the eBay representative - it was finding my information, even though I don't have an eBay account. Not once was the question asked about the user ID associated with the actual account.

Kind of makes me wonder who was the more aggressive phisher in this case.

I guess I did, but I was trying to use it as an example of why laptops are going away. Didn't mean to make it focused my possessions exclusively.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Are they the worst because they don't manage the comments?

Or maybe they are unable to index comments? I would think content (of any type) is key for these sites.

I don't think it's a good idea. I mean, the writer isn't working in a vacuum - their posted stories shouldn't either.

Good points.

I think the conversations should be happening regardless of the site. If I receive a comment on H/N, I want to reply in the easiest way possible FOR ME so we can carry on the conversation. Right now, I have H/N hooked into Engag.io, so I can follow all discussions in one place. That's easy.

Too many places to moderate comments is too difficult. This difficulty only increases as your stories are published more broadly.

From a site / comment manager perspective, is it quality or quantity that drives the decision to keep comments open / closed?

I look at it like an actor - when you are starting out, you'll take all the publicity you can get. When you're on top, you've accomplished being noticed, now you want "better" publicity.

Or, something like that.

I agree with the validation / ownership piece. Would be nice if it was site-agnostic though (ie, Disqus rather than Facebook).

(I'm not a big fan of Facebook.)

Ha ha, good point! Though, I have no intentions of shutting down comments. :)

lots of folks certainly agree with you!