Comments on: Physicians and blogging http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JD http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87634 JD Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87634 Hi, was fairly impressed by the discussion in grand rounds this week on this topic, and wrote a post of my own that links this. Hope you dont mind, please let me know if it is a problem<br/><br/>-Josh<br/>xanga.com/rveblade Hi, was fairly impressed by the discussion in grand rounds this week on this topic, and wrote a post of my own that links this. Hope you dont mind, please let me know if it is a problem

-Josh
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]]> By: Don Martelli http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87574 Don Martelli Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87574 I moderate comments only for those that are totally out in left field and are off base OR are spam. Anon comments are ok with me as well. Afterall, we do "this" to keep the conversation going, engage with others about topics important to us. If someone disagrees, there's no need to kill the comment. Let it ride. It just adds to the value of the content for future readers. I moderate comments only for those that are totally out in left field and are off base OR are spam. Anon comments are ok with me as well. Afterall, we do “this” to keep the conversation going, engage with others about topics important to us. If someone disagrees, there’s no need to kill the comment. Let it ride. It just adds to the value of the content for future readers.

]]> By: Marco http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87572 Marco Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87572 I think that moderating (filtering) comments is as long as the sieve is fairly large, i.e. eliminating the obscenity-spewing trolls. As for anonymous posting, is it really that much different from all the pseudonyms that we choose? Sure, having an identity allows you to look up other things I've posted under that name, but it's so easy to just start a new identity on Yahoo. I think that moderating (filtering) comments is as long as the sieve is fairly large, i.e. eliminating the obscenity-spewing trolls. As for anonymous posting, is it really that much different from all the pseudonyms that we choose? Sure, having an identity allows you to look up other things I’ve posted under that name, but it’s so easy to just start a new identity on Yahoo.

]]> By: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87562 Clinical Cases and Images - Blog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87562 I moderate all comments as well. Anonymous comments are allowed. I moderate all comments as well. Anonymous comments are allowed.

]]> By: The Happy Hospitalist http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87560 The Happy Hospitalist Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:13:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87560 Interestng take. Interestng take.

]]> By: Supremacy Claus http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-87559 Supremacy Claus Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/physicians-and-blogging.html#comment-87559 I don't know that comment moderation is a good idea. It shows active involvement of the owner, as opposed to the immunity of the passive transmitter. <br/><br/>If people plot a bank robbery over the telephone, the phone company has no liability. One appellate court said the passive, non-moderating blogger had the same status as that phone company, in accordance with this:<br/><br/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996<br/><br/>I would appreciate hearing more about the legal arguments or to get a link to the briefs and motions. I don’t know that comment moderation is a good idea. It shows active involvement of the owner, as opposed to the immunity of the passive transmitter.

If people plot a bank robbery over the telephone, the phone company has no liability. One appellate court said the passive, non-moderating blogger had the same status as that phone company, in accordance with this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

I would appreciate hearing more about the legal arguments or to get a link to the briefs and motions.

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