Elimination of anonymous comments won't make a damned bit of difference.
While the morons and spammers...
Elimination of anonymous comments won't make a damned bit of difference.
While the morons and spammers decried YouTube's decision to make it harder to post anonymous comments, the more rational among us (yours truly included) applauded the move. Anonymity is a key piece of the Greater Internet F***wad Theory first established in 2004. (http://goo.gl/qLjAl) Take that away, the whole equation crumbles, and such behavior will vanish, right?
Wrong.
Need proof? Read the comments on NASAs post about Typhooon Haiyan from last Saturday: http://goo.gl/yqPNCh
Second comment? An idiot. And once you get past a few dozen, the thread quickly unravels to a mix of "I CAN TYPING!" (http://goo.gl/jgvDHG) asshats. The signal is completely lost to the noise.
Here's the message, Audacious Marketers: There is no brand safe way to engage in comments. They are or eventually will become a cesspool at some point.
Post great content. And then walk away, leaving the battleground to the empassioned idiots who don't care about tarnishing their reputation.
While the morons and spammers decried YouTube's decision to make it harder to post anonymous comments, the more rational among us (yours truly included) applauded the move. Anonymity is a key piece of the Greater Internet F***wad Theory first established in 2004. (http://goo.gl/qLjAl) Take that away, the whole equation crumbles, and such behavior will vanish, right?
Wrong.
Need proof? Read the comments on NASAs post about Typhooon Haiyan from last Saturday: http://goo.gl/yqPNCh
Second comment? An idiot. And once you get past a few dozen, the thread quickly unravels to a mix of "I CAN TYPING!" (http://goo.gl/jgvDHG) asshats. The signal is completely lost to the noise.
Here's the message, Audacious Marketers: There is no brand safe way to engage in comments. They are or eventually will become a cesspool at some point.
Post great content. And then walk away, leaving the battleground to the empassioned idiots who don't care about tarnishing their reputation.
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