Comments on: Crowdsourcing vigilantism? http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/26/crowdsourcing-vigilantism/ a group discussion about the future of student media Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Bryan http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/26/crowdsourcing-vigilantism/#comment-535 Bryan Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:14:33 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/26/crowdsourcing-vigilantism/#comment-535 Ms. Danicki, My own excitement for community interaction has certainly not been destroyed, as you'd know if you read more of this web site. However, I personally witnessed a number of bloggers who shut down comments entirely on their sites in the early days of comment spam (I originally began with movable type software when it was still free, before the presence of captchas, blacklists and the like). In that sense, there was a sense of ... innocence (?) that was destroyed. Perhaps that is a better choice of words. In any case, I hope your assailants are brought to justice, and I wish you continued success in your endeavors. Ms. Danicki,

My own excitement for community interaction has certainly not been destroyed, as you’d know if you read more of this web site.

However, I personally witnessed a number of bloggers who shut down comments entirely on their sites in the early days of comment spam (I originally began with movable type software when it was still free, before the presence of captchas, blacklists and the like).

In that sense, there was a sense of … innocence (?) that was destroyed. Perhaps that is a better choice of words.

In any case, I hope your assailants are brought to justice, and I wish you continued success in your endeavors.

]]> By: Jackie Danicki http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/26/crowdsourcing-vigilantism/#comment-534 Jackie Danicki Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/11/26/crowdsourcing-vigilantism/#comment-534 There is no vigilante element to my situation at all. Once the police get around to following up and contacting me for the picture (three days and counting), the photo will be disseminated widely by them. They are slower and less efficient in these things than victims are, which is much more disturbing to me than anything pondered upon here. Also, you say: "Of course, eventually, the blogosphere found ways to combat the spam deluge, but not without destroying the early sense of excitement for community interaction." I can assure you that, while your own excitement may have been destroyed, plenty of people still feel it on a daily basis. There is no vigilante element to my situation at all. Once the police get around to following up and contacting me for the picture (three days and counting), the photo will be disseminated widely by them. They are slower and less efficient in these things than victims are, which is much more disturbing to me than anything pondered upon here.

Also, you say: “Of course, eventually, the blogosphere found ways to combat the spam deluge, but not without destroying the early sense of excitement for community interaction.”

I can assure you that, while your own excitement may have been destroyed, plenty of people still feel it on a daily basis.

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