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]]> By: Wildfire PR – Business and Consumer Technology Public Relations : Blog Archive : 5 must-read Google Wave articles http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/08/27/are-comment-sections-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Wildfire PR – Business and Consumer Technology Public Relations : Blog Archive : 5 must-read Google Wave articles Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:45:09 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=320#comment-626 [...] I’ve written before, I think Google Wave will be a game changer, especially as widespread internet availability increases and smartphones become more and more [...] [...] I’ve written before, I think Google Wave will be a game changer, especially as widespread internet availability increases and smartphones become more and more [...]

]]> By: Danny Whatmough http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/08/27/are-comment-sections-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Danny Whatmough Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:05:57 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=320#comment-664 Thanks for stopping by Nicolas and thanks for the original post. Looking forward to seeing more about Yoomoot... Thanks for stopping by Nicolas and thanks for the original post. Looking forward to seeing more about Yoomoot…

]]> By: Danny Whatmough http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/08/27/are-comment-sections-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Danny Whatmough Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:05:57 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=320#comment-588 Thanks for stopping by Nicolas and thanks for the original post. Looking forward to seeing more about Yoomoot... Thanks for stopping by Nicolas and thanks for the original post. Looking forward to seeing more about Yoomoot…

]]> By: Nicolas Holzapfel http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/08/27/are-comment-sections-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Nicolas Holzapfel Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:17:09 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=320#comment-587 Sorry to be keeping <a href="http://yoomoot.com" rel="nofollow">http://yoomoot.com</a> such a mystery at the moment! All will be revealed in a couple of weeks or so I promise!<br><br>I think voting-on-comments is definitely a good thing. Although because people can't be bothered to read through all the comments, the earliest comments are unfairly favoured. I also like services like Disqus because they make it easier for people to keep track of their posts and to maintain established identities (discouraging bad behaviour), helping resolve additional problems with comments which I didn't even mention in the article. However I don't think voting or Disqus-like services go far enough; they lessen the problems but they don't resolve them.<br><br>I think Google Wave looks great. Incorporating wiki-style characteristics is the way forward and that's part of what we've done with yoomoot. Wave itself isn't designed for mass-participation public discussion. Sorry to be keeping http://yoomoot.com such a mystery at the moment! All will be revealed in a couple of weeks or so I promise!

I think voting-on-comments is definitely a good thing. Although because people can't be bothered to read through all the comments, the earliest comments are unfairly favoured. I also like services like Disqus because they make it easier for people to keep track of their posts and to maintain established identities (discouraging bad behaviour), helping resolve additional problems with comments which I didn't even mention in the article. However I don't think voting or Disqus-like services go far enough; they lessen the problems but they don't resolve them.

I think Google Wave looks great. Incorporating wiki-style characteristics is the way forward and that's part of what we've done with yoomoot. Wave itself isn't designed for mass-participation public discussion.

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