tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post2657852145885885831..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: Citizen Journalism: Save Your HayJohn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-14874573845389790882008-01-14T13:53:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:53:00.000-05:00Just think, unfiltered UCG's might look like the c...Just think, unfiltered UCG's might look like the comments on this blog. Shocking. At least someone posting a comment is making an active contribution as opposed to sitting there on the couch, like the proverbial potato, watching TV. <BR/><BR/>Henry, may I quote our son at age two: "I want-it-I-need-it!" We used to ask the poor lad when he said he wanted something, like seconds on ice cream, Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-15832237828601425992008-01-14T13:19:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:19:00.000-05:00Who knew about the acronyms? Does that mean that ...Who knew about the acronyms? Does that mean that CIA, NSA, FBI, etc., are not acronyms at all? I've been calling them by the wrong name all this time....<BR/><BR/>As long as the BBC is paying someone to wade through the UGC to find the worthwhile nuggets, it's a great idea. Unfiltered UGC? Blecch.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-58158578585944033782008-01-14T12:05:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:05:00.000-05:00UGC is not an acronym unless you can pronounce tha...UGC is not an acronym unless you can pronounce that C at the end, which I suppose you could if you made it a soft C ;) It's an abbreviation. An acronym has to be a pronounceable word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-78711213836615398822008-01-14T10:20:00.000-05:002008-01-14T10:20:00.000-05:00Mark reminds me that Freedom of Speech and Freedom...Mark reminds me that Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press can be antipathetic: persuading an editor to publish a letter in a newspaper is an example of the two clashing. Yougeesee (euch!) is an example of Press freedom being used to promote genuine freedom of expressoinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-79520635583988676922008-01-14T09:12:00.000-05:002008-01-14T09:12:00.000-05:00The BBC's "Have Your Say" has a feature which enab...The BBC's "Have Your Say" has a feature which enables readers to recommend the comments which have been posted. This sometimes leads to the popular forum equivalent of demagoguery and grandstanding, where some seek to attract as many recommendations as possible.<BR/>One reader complained that the forum had been systematically taken over by people of a particular political stripe. Other readers Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-91239277531814328962008-01-14T08:25:00.000-05:002008-01-14T08:25:00.000-05:00Sorry, John, but "UGC" is not an acronym. It's onl...Sorry, John, but "UGC" is not an acronym. It's only an initialism. An acronym is an initialism that has vowels and can be pronounced as a psuedo-word, thus providing a pseudo-noun that can stand in for the name of the entity represented by the initialism. (And please don't reply, as Gene Weingarten once did to me, "Whatever, Nerdlinger.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-82690279241411940352008-01-14T08:07:00.000-05:002008-01-14T08:07:00.000-05:00It's reassuring to me that the BBC should be at th...It's reassuring to me that the BBC should be at the forefront of this. On the one hand, it seems to run counter to the "make them eat broccoli" paternalism of Lord Reith, who famously wrote of his audience: "few know what they want, and very few know what they need." On the other hand, it's fitting that a publicly-funded broadcaster should try to be most in touch with what the public thinks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-70795903769432812062008-01-14T06:51:00.000-05:002008-01-14T06:51:00.000-05:00I think that the concept is a positive one. Havin...I think that the concept is a positive one. Having gone through the painful process of getting a Letter to the Editor published in the Washington Post, I am in favor of any more straightforward approaches to giving individuals their say. <BR/><BR/>That said, it does run the risk of getting some hateful streams, but that is present just about everywhere on the web. In fact "coming from a place Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com