I’m sorry this is little bit of a rant outside of my normal commentary but I needed a forum to vent my frustration… I hope you will indulge me.
In the last month or two Star Tribune has started employing annoying and invasive ads on their web site. First it was “virus alert” popups that took hold of the web browser and required multiple clicks to get out of and you had to cancel a forced download as well. Today I encountered Showtime popups as well.
I’m a loyal daily reader online and subscribe to the weekend paper as well. If Star Tribune continues to waste my time and patience with these invasive ads I might have to take my reading elsewhere.
I will be calling their customer disservice line on Monday and encourage others to do the same.
The Dangers of Unmoderated User-Contributed Content
So the reason I moderate blog comments prior to posting is because some people are not very polite and write things that are inappropriate. I’m not talking about dissension, I’m talking about things that just shouldn’t be said on a public forum. I have no problem with people who want to sound like idiots or provide criticism… it all adds spice to the forum.
While I appreciate that the Star Tribune is trying to get more interactive with their stories, I believe they need better oversight of their “Featured Comment” tool. Kinda makes them look stupid in my opinion. Click the screen capture below to get the full-size view.