techPresident - Daily Digest 8/7/07 - Comments

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ecritures — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:03:25 -0400

@Michael Turk: Registration is one thing, but having to have an American address to be able to register is a totally different point. And a negative one in my view. Since I don't live in the US and therefore cannot register as a 'Friend of Fred' I won't be able to 1) receive a newsletter and 2) view the blog comments. Maybe that part of the registration should be skipped all together?

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Michael Turk — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:07:38 -0400

One interesting wrinkle--you can't view comments on the site's blog without first becoming a "Friend of Fred."

I wrestled with that, but required registration primarily to cut back on spam. There are some fairly good spam tools out there, but I still see a lot of it - especially on older posts. I figured it's a small inconvenience to ensure that you and future readers aren't sifting through ads and clutter to follow the discussion.

Daily Digest 8/7/07

Micah L. Sifry — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:34:38 -0400

Caroline Giuliani likes Barack Obama; Fred Thompson goes 2.0; Huffington Post exposes the money chase; vote-trading gets legalized; bloggers debate diversity issues; Mitt Romney defends his religion on YouTube; and Elizabeth Edwards explains that "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman."