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Delightfully IronicDelightfully IronicPosted Jun 28, 2002 1:29 UTC (Fri) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)Parent article: Letters to the editor That's what I think about the fact that this lament (about comments drowning out LTE) got more comments than anything else in some weeks. I do, indeed, think that that's a likely outcome, and I think it's a shame, too. *My* approach -- inspired by a comment that I wrote sometime last week; half way through, I had to stop and decide whether to turn it into an LTE or not -- would be either (more labor intensive) have someone sift the weeks comments looking for stuff that rises to the top, or (easier to scam) put a checkbox on the submission page that says "Please consider this comment for the Letters page". I think the latter would work out ok...
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Delightfully Ironic Posted Jun 28, 2002 19:48 UTC (Fri) by BogusUser ((unknown), #1588) [Link] I think this is a good suggestion. Yes, it causes more overhead on the part of the Editors (and so should only be undertaken if it doesn't adversely impact the quality of the rest of the site) but occasionally the LTE section has some nice stuff. Perhaps instead of being called "Letters To The Editor" it can be called "Comments of the Week" or something.FWIW - I'm a LWN reader _because_ of the the fact that this site has editors (unlike some other *cough*slashdot*cough* sites that have people who call themselves editors but who really just click "yes" or "no" buttons) who take the time to write up original content and make sure that the level of professionalism on the site is maintained. So to the commenter who thinks that the job of an editor is to censor and alter the content being submitted - poop - it's the job of an editor to make sure a) the content is accurate, b) words are spelled correctly, and c) the site isn't inundated with "Natalie Portman" trolls, all of which add up to a very professional site that's worthy of being read by anyone from geek programmer at home to CTO of a Fortune 500 who wants to keep up with what's going on in the Linux community.
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