The Washington Post shut one of its blogs yesterday, saying it had drawn too many personal attacks, profanity and hate mail directed at the paper's ombudsman.
The closing was the second by a major newspaper in recent months. An experiment in allowing the public to edit editorials in the Los Angeles Times lasted just two days in June, before it was shut because pornographic material was being posted on the site.
Every content site and most professional blog sites have to deal with comment spam/abuse, including all the sites in the businessuncut network, but to just close comments off seems a little far fetched.
The new era of the internet is all about interactivity and the larger sites and media outfits are going to have to figure out how to manage comments, they probably can't just allow them to be unfiltered.
This may seem to be a set back for internet free speech but may become a necessary step for leading sites. I'm sure technology will soon be developed to better manage/control comments and user generated content. Until then content owners will have to figure out how to do it manually and cost effectively.
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