What do you folks think of some of the comments that appear on Facebook when a news story gets posted by the DNT? I find these comments to be even worse than some of the remarks that are made on the DNT Area Voices platform. And it’s not just on DNT articles posted on Facebook, these comments appear on stories posted by other news outlets as well.

Some of them are downright mean and mostly uncalled for. Perhaps even borderline illegal when considering gray areas of slander laws. I’d think that the media outlets would want to moderate them at least a little bit.

2. I still don’t know exactly what you’re talking about. I asked, “Are you saying that more rational people should start commenting under the DNT’s stories to help balance things out?” and you answered, “I do see more opportunities in the world today for community organizing due to increased communication technology.” I’d like you to be a little more concrete with your answer, or maybe you should run for public office.

De Man, the DNT’s comments are partially based on the same concepts as Reddit’s. There’s a version of upvoting and downvoting, though the comments themselves stay stationary on the page. Comments with low scores are hidden.

I enjoy the comment style of Reddit.com. Upvoting and downvoting (theoretically) moves the pertinent information up while moving the irrelevant stuff down towards the bottom of the page.

You can access the archives of the DNT, Strib, Pioneer Press, St. Cloud Times online just by having a library card. The DNT files go back to 1995, and I’ve successfully been able to go back and find articles I’m looking for that are 15+ years old. Of course, anything older than that and you’re going to have to take a trip to the library. It’s not quite the full experience (there’s no photos and it’s hard to imagine how the articles looked in print), but it’s very helpful and easy to use nonetheless.

But I am also wondering if ‘push back’ is not as much an option from a MN Nice standpoint. Is there an aversion to sticking up against something you find negative, so as to just avoid it? I thought it interesting the Occupy folks did not seem to enlist a broader cross section of Duluth. But maybe the method used just did not fit in culturally.

How did the CSS folks convince the Iraqi students? And was it the truth? Is there any way of really measuring? I can’t figure out how Mr. Ness can be unopposed for mayor in a place that elected Cravaack. Will the real Duluth please stand up?

My beef with the DNT is that even though I am a print subscriber, I still have to pay to access old articles/archived articles online. I subscribe to the NY Times too and one of my perks is that I can read old articles/archived articles for free.