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By: Jude Fiorillo
 a reply to Comments: valuable contributions or ramblings of the inebriated homeless?by Jude Fiorillo on Jul 15, 2008 - 10:35 AM read 72 times Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-150093 |
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I agree absolutely that the greater the scale, the greater the volume of poor comments. I believe that the proportional number of poor comments increases with size, because greater scale normally results in more opportunities for disagreement, which can otherwise derail comments into flame wars.
I would take your ‘topic area’ thought a step further and say that it’s the demographic that plays a large part in the quality of comments. Consider for example, who might read this blog, compared to say, YouTube (some of the worst comments on the Internet). Although topic area may be an indicator of who the demographic is at a broad level (e.g. sports: male), it would not identify the demographic specifically (e.g. I bet male teens post less engaging comments than male 30 somethings).
An interesting discussion to be sure.
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