Many of you think you can do an online-only newspaper also. I still have doubts but this is not the point. A key issue is the role that readers should have . Online is "natural" to provide for their participation: comments, letters, forums and so on. But where is the boundary between editorial content and those of the readers?
few weeks ago, has caused some stir in the online bead Monza the Director's decision to publish only the city of Monza comments signed. In reality it is a decision entirely "normal" because all the titles (from the Republic to the Courier) provide - before posting comments and responses on their pages - even a recording, with a lot of acceptance of terms of use. Yet it is a fact that the comments on that paper (which is my client, for the uninitiated) are significantly decreased.
Well, I think there's a bit 'of confusion. First, between the nature of the various pages online, a newspaper is not a forum, an article is not a a blog post. This is substance. But the common perception is another, tend to believe that the internet everyone can write what he wants , where he wants and how he wants, without signature, without - somehow - bear the responsibility. Although he has not shared the decision of the Director, I just do not think this is so. I think it's fair to give space, as much as possible, but readers should mark a clear boundary and distinguishable . For one reason mainly: what is written in the magazine that I should be the result of collective thinking and shared the opinion, not the comment of a reader, not necessarily. And why did those in the magazine inspires commitment and effort should "ingioiare the toad" spat the first to arrive?
I do not like those who confuse respect for the ideas of others (perhaps different, even opposite) with the "duty" to publish them. If we have a close drunk and annoying, we should really open the door and let it sit on our couch, otherwise we are not democratic?
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