Worth put comment in newspapers?

jmdarm

Hi,
Anyone is a regular poster of comment in newspaper and can share his experience? or has anything to say about it; is it more rewarding than fb?

RayM

Nothing of any worth has ever been written in the comment section of any newspaper. Even if someone writes something thoughtful and intelligent, it is automatically diminished by the fact that it has been written for an audience of the worst kind of obsessive, maladjusted cranks, the vast majority of whom won't even read it anyway because they're only really interested in broadcasting their own usually deeply unpleasant opinions.

Reading a comment section is the online equivalent of accidentally stumbling into a room full of stinking, Guinness-sodden pub bores, all simultaneously shouting their stultifyingly ill-informed bile, while prodding their nicotine-stained fingers at anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot. It's grim.

Aside from that, I don't really have much of an opinion on it.

Elmo

I don't think FB is a great place to comment as such if you want to keep your friends don't talk to them about politics or religion. Both are largely personal to everyone.

I have had a few letter published in newspapers in relation to Broadcasting, though none of the letters have changed publishers minds as to how they approach the subject.

It's rewarding to see your name in the paper and that someone thought what you had to say was said articulately.

I possibly put more time into such letters then here on boards. I have tried to get an opinion piece published and then to at least get a reply as to why they don't except the article, not just thanks "maybe you should write it into letters" :rolleyes: Prob not as good as I think :pac:

jmdarm

thanks,
actually is about those comments you can read in online newspaper; they are good fun as you can sort them by most appreciated. It look also much easier than those in newspaper though
concern is about privacy someone knows about you or start to track you and so on; is like fb at the end

Elmo

jmdarm wrote: »

thanks,
actually is about those comments you can read in online newspaper; they are good fun as you can sort them by most appreciated. It look also much easier than those in newspaper though
concern is about privacy someone knows about you or start to track you and so on; is like fb at the end

depends on the service used.

1. you could register as you do on boards.ie, as an anonymous pseudo-name
2. you could use your fb or twitter account
3. you don't have to register but must give an email address which remains private from the comment

IRE60

On the 24th I put a comment on the Indo story by Rachel Wyse - it and the other comments are now gone- so I dont see the point of that or me and others bothering to do that again.

expectationlost

RayM wrote: »

Nothing of any worth has ever been written in the comment section of any newspaper. Even if someone writes something thoughtful and intelligent, it is automatically diminished by the fact that it has been written for an audience of the worst kind of obsessive, maladjusted cranks, the vast majority of whom won't even read it anyway because they're only really interested in broadcasting their own usually deeply unpleasant opinions.

Reading a comment section is the online equivalent of accidentally stumbling into a room full of stinking, Guinness-sodden pub bores, all simultaneously shouting their stultifyingly ill-informed bile, while prodding their nicotine-stained fingers at anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot. It's grim.

Aside from that, I don't really have much of an opinion on it.

kinda like posting on a bulletin board

Muahahaha

IRE60 wrote: »

On the 24th I put a comment on the Indo story by Rachel Wyse - it and the other comments are now gone- so I dont see the point of that or me and others bothering to do that again.

AFAIK any comments you post are liable to be deleted according to the T&Cs, I'm not sure what the time scale is, it might be a week or just a few days before they just close off comments on the article and delete everything for good rather than have it take up space on their servers.

Seems pointless commenting really if they're just going to delete it anyway.

stephenamccann

I think I have been blocked for the metro for continuously trying to comment on errors that were made. Papers will only print things they think will stir debate and keep people tuned...