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Google News Allowing Story Participants To Comment

Posted by kdawson on from the starting-at-web-1.0 dept.

Jamie found this analysis of Google News's foray into community commentary. They are starting it off by only allowing people involved with the story to comment — and participants must first be authenticated by email. The article rounds up other bloggers' views on the game-changing nature, and the possible dangers to Google, of this new feature. Here is a sample of comments to a Google News story.

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  1. Re:Atypical by illegalcortex · · Score: 0, Troll

    I did RTFA. You might also consider DBAFA (FYI, that's Don't Be a Fucking Asshole).

    Google says that you must provide a way to authenticate who you are. But that's not the same as authenticating who you are. Do you really believe Google will authenticate all users who try to comment? That seems a bit much. I would think it much more likely that they only do it if there's a complaint about the comment. Or maybe they won't do it at all but just have there as a CYA measure.