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Post this topic on the main pagePost this topic on the main pagePosted Nov 20, 2003 6:53 UTC (Thu) by mcisely (subscriber, #2860)Parent article: On comment abuse This discussion really isn't fair to non-subscribers. As pointed out earlier, they won't get a chance to comment on this - or even know it's being discussed - until a week later. Would it not be wiser to take this article out of the weekly edition and put it up now on the main page as free content? I think this is too important to limit the discussion right now to subscribers. -Mike
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Post this topic on the main page Posted Nov 20, 2003 11:17 UTC (Thu) by minichaz (subscriber, #630) [Link] I think this is a decision that the editors must make with feedback from the subscribers only. I'm not sure that I believe that nonsubscribers make up a very valuable part of the LWN community. Subscriptions are very cheap.
Subscriber vs. non-subscriber comments Posted Nov 20, 2003 13:23 UTC (Thu) by utoddl (subscriber, #1232) [Link] Only marginally related to the question at hand, but would it make sense to somehow differentiate comments posted by subscribers from those of non-subscribers? Maybe a different color on the comment subject line, or by text saying(Posted such-n-such date by subscriber userid1)vs. (Posted such-n-such date by guest userid2)I'm more likely to listen to a borderline troll if he's at least helped me pay for the service. And it might just encourage the good-hearted procrastinators out there to get around to subscribing before posting. I don't see how it would directly help with the trolling problem, though.
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