May I add to that by suggesting that we discuss who amongst their editorial staff would
be “Goofus” and who might be “Gallant”/

Probably the most time is spent reading every comment, but I would do that regardless. There really aren’t that many comments that get pulled or “blocked”.

Most of that has to do with the environment that’s evolved here. Self-policing is a beautiful thing. Flamers and trolls get ganged up on pretty quickly here, and not always by me, so they go find other, easier sites to invade (I imagine).

And when I say “moderation”, I don’t do the full, every-comment-is-moderated-before-posting thing. It’s only new commenters that must be approved before they can post without moderation. There were a couple cases of clear slander that motivated this, and I think this new set up works pretty well.

So ultimately, not that much time anymore. Knock on wood.

For a city that hardly give two burps what the AJC does or says, there is an awful lot of discussion about them and their policies. Dare we say that this type of controversy is actually good for the paper (rather than bad.)

What an irony that even a discussion of how bad a business is, makes that business more relevant in some way.

That’s kinda what I was aiming at…poorly it seems.