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RTE's selective commenting feature

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  • 27-03-2012 11:17pm
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    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭


    Some articles on RTE users can post comments on, others you can't. I still haven't figured out what method they use to decide if an article can be commented on only that if its about a court case its nearly always disabled.

    Today there was a post on the dreaded household charge and comments disabled unlike nearly all the previous articles about it so I'm starting to think they were just getting sick of the barrage of negative comments those articles attract and turned it off.

    At the start I think they were very cautious with what sort of articles you could post comments on and most you couldn't but they slowly started to open up more but maybe the trend is reversing again after they have attracted so many 'haters'?
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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Comments disabled on this article:

    http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/1112/glitter.html

    Reckon they're closet Glitter fans.











    Also - f*cking hell! Glitter was sentenced in 1999 and comedians are still making sh*t jokes about him 13 years later!


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    #3
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Ah RTÉ, a fine government approved news station.


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    #4
    AngryBollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭AngryBollix


    After getting their bollocks sued off are you surprised?


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    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    BBC don't allow commenting on news stories on their site. I think they may have a separate "Have your say" section on certain selected topics though, heavily moderated no doubt.


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    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Comments disabled on this article:

    http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/1112/glitter.html

    Reckon they're closet Glitter fans.

    There were no comments on that site in 1999 so I wouldn't have expected them to retroactively enable them. If a fella's in trouble they're never enabled it seems.

    Who was sueing them?


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    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    Why don't you email the editor to find out? You'd be better asking there than here.


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    eth0 wrote: »
    There were no comments on that site in 1999 so I wouldn't have expected them to retroactively enable them.

    Yeah I was linking to that story as a joke because I knew that. Sure there were no web 2.0 back then.


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    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Yeah I was linking to that story as a joke because I knew that. Sure there were no web 2.0 back then.

    maybe there was a [URL]gopher://rte.ie[/URL]. or at least there should have been (and they should bring it back)


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    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Because it descends into a rabble of the misinformed public. RTE as does the BBC have a reputation to maintain as a responsible and truthful news gathering organisation. News gathering and news analysis is an expensive business, these organisations are also answerable to the public and the people they cover.

    So RTE can't afford to employ a moderator for every story they publish online.


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    eth0 wrote: »
    maybe there was a [URL]gopher://rte.ie[/URL]. or at least there should have been (and they should bring it back)

    You've lost me.


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    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    You've lost me.


    never heard of gopher (protocol). Old school text and folders with files type of browsing? I remember using this in the good old days with a 14k modem and still use it the odd time now for the laugh


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    eth0 wrote: »
    never heard of gopher (protocol). Old school text and folders with files type of browsing? I remember using this in the good old days with a 14k modem and still use it the odd time now for the laugh

    Gordon created it right?


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    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    eth0 wrote: »
    RTE is an excellent service provider. It's the voice of a nation & a champion of free speech.

    I agree.


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