Comments function working on monroenews.com
We’ve always wanted comments from readers on our news stories.
That’s why we encourage letters to the editor. It’s why reporters’ e-mail addresses are included on most stories. And it’s why we started MonroeTalks.com, which serves as a public discussion site.
But since we launched the modern version of www.monroenews.com two years ago, we’ve struggled with the technology that allows readers to comment at the end of news stories.
Now that feature is working.
Readers can comment at the end of any story on monroenews.com. The launched the feature a couple days ago, and readers already have found it. There are a number of comments already.
This isn’t meant to replace MonroeTalks.com as a place to comment on the news. Both locations - at the end of a story and on MonroeTalks - provide readers with a forum for airing their opinions.
I can imagine, for example, making a specific comment on a news story, then moving over to MonroeTalks.com to start a topic discussing broader issues raised by the story.
This is all part of the Web 2.0 experience sweeping the Internet. People are willing to sit back and let someone else tell them the news any more. They want to provide their own two cents. And in the give and take, a more complete picture of the news can surface - if you’re willing to sort through the chaff to find the wheat.