Comments for Clarke Daily News

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Sam Card

Sam Card — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:57:42 +0000

I appreciate the dedication and good work of the two editors of Clarke Daily News. This termination of local news is a terrible loss to our community. Take a timeout and please reconsider. This time, share many news stories with no comment section and have a few with a comment section. Maybe the comment section could be limited to 2 weeks. Many comments were good and varying opinions help readers see different perspectives.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Mary T. Morris

Mary T. Morris — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:22:13 +0000

Feel the same way, Dave! If the flesh (and fingers) were less weak, the spirit would really push me in the direction of trying it too! Darn old age!!! Mary

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Denise Enger

Denise Enger — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:49:39 +0000

Noooo! Say it ain’t so! I am so saddened by this news. I love my CDN! I want to thank you so much for the wonderful resource you provided for Clarke. I can only imagine the long hours that must have gone into creating and running the site; please know that it is truly appreciated. As many have already noted here – yes, sometimes the comment threads took on a life of their own, but I think most of us just mentally rolled our eyes and focused on the article in which we were interested in the first place. It is my sincere hope that some form of CDN will come to life again in the near future, and I will gladly be your first subscriber if need be!

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Don Specht

Don Specht — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:53:31 +0000

“It doesn’t matter if you tie an ID to an email account, those can be made up as well.”

Of course they can, but if you put the site behind a login gateway the moderators have the leverage of being able to privately warn, suspend, or ban a user. Verbal threats by a poster and said poster gets a tap on the shoulder from the ban hammer.

The CDN software had that capability, but the feature was not used.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Another View

Another View — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:07:14 +0000

Of course they do! But then again, that’s an entirely different subject.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by valerie

valerie — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:27:25 +0000

NVD was recently bought by another company and no longer covers Clarke County – or Winchester for that matter. They may pick up large stories but they don’t have a correspondent to handle these territories.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by valerie

valerie — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:15:11 +0000

My goodness. Seems the bickering won’t stop even with the farewell post. I would like to say, I personally enjoyed reading the comments. I never found anything that Roscoe or Donald Marro wrote “radical”. It’s nice to know that there are a few rational thinkers left in this crazy world, specifically here in the county. Sarge and AV did seem to lessen my faith in humanity a bit, but only because it is so difficult to ‘discuss’ when commenters (all) felt the need to defend themselves or opinions instead putting your thoughts out there and letting go. It’s a hard to do without getting emotional. I’ve enjoyed this publication since it started, I’m really sad to see it go and hope that Clarke County can find a way to fill the void soon. Local discussion is imperative to keeping citizens informed and active in the community.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Right Winger

Right Winger — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:29:32 +0000

I disagree. It doesn’t matter if you tie an ID to an email account, those can be made up as well. The site was well run, but with only 2 guys doing everything, this was bound to happen.

The verbal threats by some anonymous posters were what broke the camel’s back, imho.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Don Specht

Don Specht — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:18:57 +0000

Privately-held message boards have the right to censor or delete comments and to suspend and ban account holders. The owners can decide to emphasize group over self, if they believe that it brings harmony brought to discussion. Your inclusion of government into the discussion is moot as this isn’t a public space.

Comment on The Experiment Comes to a Close by Another View

Another View — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:29:25 +0000

“Self over group.” Well yes, in a free society, founded on the notion of individual rights and liberties, that would be the default position. Individuals are what made this country. It was not government, it was individuals having the freedom to pursue their dreams. And individual liberties permit the attainment of those dreams. Individual liberty is why people from all over the world seek to come here.