I probably would not bother to even mention this “flap” about the Washington Post shutting down comments on it’s articles had it not apparently escalated into a KERFUFFLE! Now I know about an East Midlands Folk Band and a Brittish phrase I had never heard before.
I am amazed that someone like the Washington Post doesn’t have a karma type of filter in place on it’s comment posting to autopass on most comments and only force the questionable ones to moderation. What is even more interesting is that the whole point of their enterprise is to create views of advertisements. They actually got something drawing readers — and instead of selling premium advertisements to support the viewings (now there is an idea if the editer wasn’t quite so old school) — they shut of the viewerships participation thus reducing the number of people coming to visit.
So I learned a new word and I learned that the editor of that paper ain’t all that sharp.
