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A Norwegian Website Is Making Readers Pass a Quiz Before Commenting (niemanlab.org)
Joseph Lichterman, writing for Nieman Lab: Two weeks ago, NRKbeta, the tech vertical of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, published an explainer about a proposed new digital surveillance law in the country. Digital security is a controversial topic, and the conversation around security issues can become heated. But the conversation in the comments of the article was respectful and productive: Commenters shared links to books and other research, asked clarifying questions, and offered constructive feedback. The team at NRKbeta attributes the civil tenor of its comments to a feature it introduced last month. On some stories, potential commenters are now required to answer three basic multiple-choice questions about the article before they're allowed to post a comment. The goal is to ensure that the commenters have actually read the story before they discuss it.
"The goal is to ensure that the commenters have actually read the story before they discuss it"
A+ idea.
+1 insightful
Too many RTFA's...
This sounds like a surefire way to get only the best trolls! ;)
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Absolutely not. There are 1000s of reason to vote for a candidate or another. Answering questions about something you've read is just like a form of captcha that requires a minimal intellectual effort that can discourage the most lazy trolls.
OTOH, political literacy can be VERY subjective and emotional. Literacy for one can look like propaganda for the other.
now if we could make the "journalists" pass a quiz before writing an article on something they know nothing about.... even better.
Did you read the article before posting that?
This is Slashdot. A lot of the members don't even read the summary before commenting...
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.