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06/03/2004: "Yay Command Post"

From The Command Post leaderships' Q-and-A post:

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To you value traffic over your objection to disgusting comments?
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Posted by: Redneck Texan at June 1, 2004 03:17 PM
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Alan: Not at all … [...] Frankly, we’re unusual in that we’re such a popular site that HAS comments … [...]

And frankly, that’s the thing that keeps me from pushing hard to eliminate them: Philosophically, I think one of the things that makes TCP unique is the ability of the reader to participate in journalism … to talk about a story, fact check it, or make it better through additional citations in the comments. Without that, we’re closer to being another syndicated news site, and further away from being open source journalism, which is frankly one of the things that I think is so cool about what’s happened here.
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Posted by: Alan at June 1, 2004 04:05 PM

This is modern technology at its finest. Start with the internet where anyone can post and, through word of mouth, let the proverbial cream rise to the top.
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From a later post:

[....] In polling the readership, though, I found that [....] Upon reflection, I came to see the issue this way: [....]
Posted by: Alan at June 1, 2004 09:27 PM

The best way to a more powerful me is to understand the power of we. He gets it, and it shows.

My gripe: I wish he'd change his name. It seems I'm not always good at sharing.