A fantastic interview with Geert Lovink on anonymity, comments as public sphere (or otherwise) and the double edged sword of comments that are both repulsive and sought after.
Comments are on the rise as never before but at the same time they are dispised, looked down upon, ignored, filtered and switched off.
It could very well be that the current era of mass commentary on the net will come to a close. [...] It is a question whether comments in the near future will be a public as they are right now–if they exist at all.
A global renaissance of the forum software would be a great thing for internet culture.
Is online commentary and debate in such a bad place? How can online commentary be brought back to an even keel?
