Comments on: We know where you live http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: greeneyeshade http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29125 greeneyeshade Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:20:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29125 adam: 'won't someone please think of the snark?' yes, but be careful, it might be a boojum. adam:
‘won’t someone please think of the snark?’
yes, but be careful, it might be a boojum.

]]> By: Tony http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29114 Tony Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:23:32 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29114 "Knowing some context about a poster provides information enabling the readers and other posters to understand who they’re reading and talking to" sounds like geographical stereotyping “Knowing some context about a poster provides information enabling the readers and other posters to understand who they’re reading and talking to”

sounds like geographical stereotyping

]]> By: Chris Tolles http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29110 Chris Tolles Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:22:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29110 Terry: "detracts from the reality of what's being said"? I think what we're seeing is that it adds some skin in the game -- finding out that there's actually a debtae going on between a bunch of people from Denmark and Saudi Arabia and West Virginia adds to the discussion. "even if it was accurate, which it often is not" -- if you're looking for geo diversity or homoegeneity on a site which tracks news for every single ZIP code in the US, it's accurate enough to see where the main clump of commenters live. Knowing some context about a poster provides information enabling the readers and other posters to understand who they're reading and talking to -- it humanizes the thread, and has had an effect on the quality of the site. Chris Tolles Topix.net Terry:

“detracts from the reality of what’s being said”? I think what we’re seeing is that it adds some skin in the game — finding out that there’s actually a debtae going on between a bunch of people from Denmark and Saudi Arabia and West Virginia adds to the discussion.

“even if it was accurate, which it often is not” — if you’re looking for geo diversity or homoegeneity on a site which tracks news for every single ZIP code in the US, it’s accurate enough to see where the main clump of commenters live.

Knowing some context about a poster provides information enabling the readers and other posters to understand who they’re reading and talking to — it humanizes the thread, and has had an effect on the quality of the site.

Chris Tolles
Topix.net

]]> By: Terry Steichen http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29109 Terry Steichen Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:11:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29109 Why should the location of the commentor (even if it was accurate, which it often is not) bear significantly on the substance of the comment? Isn't that a kind of profiling that detracts from the reality of what's being said? Why should the location of the commentor (even if it was accurate, which it often is not) bear significantly on the substance of the comment? Isn’t that a kind of profiling that detracts from the reality of what’s being said?

]]> By: Adam http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29087 Adam Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:43:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29087 Well sure discourse is improved, but what about snark? Won't someone please think of the snark? Well sure discourse is improved, but what about snark? Won’t someone please think of the snark?

]]> By: Michael Zimmer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29073 Michael Zimmer Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:38:07 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/09/we-know-where-you-live/#comment-29073 The geographic location of my (onion routed) IP address is not necessarily a good indicator of "identity." The geographic location of my (onion routed) IP address is not necessarily a good indicator of “identity.”

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