Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Dealing With Venom on the Web

Posted by Zonk on from the not-the-guy-with-the-symbiont dept.

theodp writes "In a world where nastiness online can erupt and go global overnight, BusinessWeek finds Corporate America woefully unprepared and offers suggestions for how to cope, including shelling out $10,000 to companies like ReputationDefender.com to promote the info you want and suppress the news you don't. And in what must be a sign of the Apocalypse, BW holds Slashdot's moderation system up as a model for maintaining civility in message boards."

2 of 326 comments (clear)

  1. Easily explained by hey! · · Score: 1, Redundant

    BW holds Slashdot's moderation system up as a model for maintaining civility in message boards."


    This obviously means that the BW editors are a bunch of fucktards.

    Slashdot even gives moderation privileges to morons who think irony is an element in group 4 of the periodic table.
    --
    Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
  2. On the subject of "Willing to moderate..." by sheetsda · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Has anyone else found themselves not "willing to moderate" one day and miraculously having mod points the next? I know for a fact I have unchecked that box at least once before because I never use the mod points, and somehow it keeps coming back on. Predictably, I end up with mod points that never get used about once a week. (In fact I have 5 right now and had 5 on April fool's day)