Submitted by Ron Counsell (not verified) on February 28, 2008 - 9:11am.
Why must comments in this blog be vetted by a moderator before we can read them? Vetting can prevent duplicate of triplicate posts, of course, but I don't think that is a big problem. Vetting can catch errors, but without moderation errors that do appear can be corrected quickly instead of hours later.
Vetting increases the workload on moderators, who might have better things to do with their time.
Perhaps vetting is an unavoidable requirement of the site software, maybe vetting has prevented publication of some terrible comments, I don't know. We seem to be acting like grown-ups, though, and I think vetting should be abandoned if possible. It slows and inhibits the dialog.
Only my opinion.
As long as I'm picking nits, a Preview Comment button might be a good thing, but again, I don't know. We seem to be doing OK without it. Just a thought.
Why must comments in this
Why must comments in this blog be vetted by a moderator before we can read them? Vetting can prevent duplicate of triplicate posts, of course, but I don't think that is a big problem. Vetting can catch errors, but without moderation errors that do appear can be corrected quickly instead of hours later.
Vetting increases the workload on moderators, who might have better things to do with their time.
Perhaps vetting is an unavoidable requirement of the site software, maybe vetting has prevented publication of some terrible comments, I don't know. We seem to be acting like grown-ups, though, and I think vetting should be abandoned if possible. It slows and inhibits the dialog.
Only my opinion.
As long as I'm picking nits, a Preview Comment button might be a good thing, but again, I don't know. We seem to be doing OK without it. Just a thought.