38 days ago by Mathew Ingram

Every so often, a storm erupts in the blogosphere over comments, and whether they are worth having or not. The latest entrant in this ongoing debate is TechCrunch writer-turned-venture-capitalist MG Siegler, who doesn’t have comments on his blog and has written several posts defending his decision, ...

GigaOM - gigaom.com · Rank: 80 · 22516 references

39 days ago by Rian

This is a great post by Anil Dash. There’s so much to learn from the Foursquare story, but my favorite part is the last paragraph. In Foursquare: Today’s best-executing startup he writes: But perhaps most importantly, I think we need more stories that celebrate the success of what seem like small, i ...

Elezea - elezea.com · Rank: 11,642 · 85 references

71 days ago by Nick Judd

The get-people-contributing-to-public-policy nonprofit Expert Labs has released the Federal Social Media Index, a web application that tracks how often federal agencies ask questions on Twitter — and generate meaningful response. The index tracks 125 social media accounts belonging to federal agenci ...

Untitled blog - techpresident.com/node/feed · Rank: 80,359 · 1130 references

82 days ago

Facebook is gaslighting the web. We can fix it. - Anil Dash Facebook has moved from merely being a walled garden into openly attacking its users’ ability and willingness to navigate the rest of the web. The evidence that this is true even for sites which embrace Facebook technologies is overwhelming ...

Final Boss Form - finalbossform.com · Rank: 51,413 · 94 references

92 days ago by Nick Judd

Anil Dash defends the utility to citizens of We the People, the White House's new e-petitions platform: For every cockamamie "tell us about the space aliens!" petition or every obligatory "legalize it!" appeal, there are detailed, thoughtful, respectful responses. The White House can't be delighted ...

Untitled blog - techpresident.com/node/feed · Rank: 57,440 · 2168 references

92 days ago by Nick Judd

Anil Dash defends the utility to citizens of We the People, the White House's new e-petitions platform: For every cockamamie "tell us about the space aliens!" petition or every obligatory "legalize it!" appeal, there are detailed, thoughtful, respectful responses. The White House can't be delighted ...

Untitled blog - techpresident.com/node/feed · Rank: 80,359 · 1130 references

129 days ago by lanceturner

Steve Jobs “Apple has lost a visionary and a creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.” Steve Jobs’ Time cover From the Associated Press | From the New York Times | Time Magazine: The Great Reinventor | From Wired | Bill Gates: “I will miss him immensely.” | Tim Cook memo to st ...

132 days ago by NCrissieB

Anonymous online comments are attracting attention from newspaper and website publishers, academics, and others who care about how we talk to each other. (More) The National Conference of Editorial Writers recently discussed whether to end anonymous online comments at newspaper sites. The president ...

BPI Campus - bpicampus.com · 8 references

138 days ago

This is an excellent post by Anil Dash, on what site owners need to do if they don't want to end up with a website full of assholes. He's actually enumerating many of the principles that have helped LGF become a place for valuable discussion. I used to believe in a ...

Little Green Footballs - littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog · Rank: 47,247 · 1130 references

138 days ago

This is an excellent post by Anil Dash, on what site owners need to do if they don't want to end up with a website full of assholes. He's actually enumerating many of the principles that have helped LGF become a place for valuable discussion. I used to believe in a laissez faire approach to comments ...

Little Green Footballs - littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog · Rank: 63,529 · 983 references