Types of on-line personalities

Have you ever been annoyed by an on-line personality?    Perhaps this is a rhetorical question for you.  Regardless, Mike Reed of Flame Warriors has spent a lot of time studying the types of people who hang around and often annoy the rest of us.   These personality types include the following…

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Campbell Brown’s warning about parity

CNN Anchor Campbell Brown thinks parity is overrated, according to a recent NYT article: “As journalists, and certainly for me over the last few years, we’ve gotten overly obsessed with parity, especially when we’re covering politics,” Ms. Brown said. “We kept making sure each candidate got equal time — to…

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Why institute a blog comment policy that prohibits preaching?

Here at Dangerous Intersection, I recently instituted a new wrinkle to the commenting policy. The new policy prohibits comments to the extent that they constitute "preaching." It goes against my grain to censor. I want conversations at the site to be vigorous and from the heart, even when they get…

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