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Quite all right.  I can call you a pea brain here.  :D

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(Robert Hoffman @ Jul. 28 2010,2:18 pm)
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This is awesome on the Tribunes part!

No body is limited to what they can say at all...

...you just have to stop being cowards and stand behind what you say by using your name.

Few of you did anything positive for any of their forums anyway-you won't be missed.

The Trib had a good party going on (their forum) and a few jerks showed up (anonymus posters) and ruined it for everyone. So now it's an invite only party.

(...but it's easy to get on the list!)

See ya there!

-ROBERT HOFFMAN

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Its funny how much of a deal has been made of this already...there much larger issues that need to be corrected that we should be putting our combined efforts into.

Take care all. -Hoffer

I don't think I ruined it for anybody over there. In fact, I acted very similarly over there as I do here  :dunce:

In all honesty, I am who I am, and that is who I am. Any questions, just ask..there IS a PM mode here (as there was on the Trib). Aside from that, JimHanson said it best over on the Trib...the anonymity gave some of us leeway to speak our mind without fear of retribution. That fact alone is why I am STILL considering whether or not to renew my online account via Trib.


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CH, I agree.  One point in the editor's story was that some ALTrib posters were jealous of the girls who were valedictorians by complaining about some extra exposed skin.  Yup, that'd be me, a mid60s old guys.  We were too negative, blah, blah.  I really think that some posters were right on the money about the crap that happens in AL and that got the Trib fearing a drop in revenue.  

Oh, well, it's their paper.  They can do as they want.  I guess I will lay in the weeds and watch how things develop.


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I'm just wondering how those of us who had issues with the pic were jealous??? They were valid concerns...but like you, guess that is my opinion. lol!

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My comment was that as a dad of teen girls, I'd be unhappy with the shot.  Hardly jealous :dunce:

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that got the Trib fearing a drop in revenue.
Yep, doesn't online advertising costs usually have something to do with pages viewed?  I'd say that will go down.  I know I've only been there a couple of times today.  Usually, I'm there a dozen or more times just to read all the comments.  I did find one comment there though.

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Dan Dorman July 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I support the decision and agree with the editorial.

I believe the change will improve the discussion.

Jim, I disagree that anonymous posting, or for that matter, signed posting, is a good way to “get a true feeling of what the public thinks”. There are too few people who post to really gauge public opinion. Plus there are other sites that offer anonymous posts.

Like you I have heard the fear of reprisal line. I don’t buy it however, anonymous posting allows people to make personal attacks without being accountable.

I think more and more newspapers are going to make similar changes. Those that don’t will find it harder to find people who are willing to respond to reporters questions because of the comment section.

I think dissension is valued today as it was in the early days of the Republic. My history must be a little fuzzy however, I don’t recall the signers of the Declaration of Independence using screen names. SMILE>>>>

I'll bet he's happier for different reasons.  Dan can come here and get his medicine if he's not afraid.  He knows who I am.

Wait a minute.  He left...


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Hair...my concern was/is coming from one who WAS a teen, and the knowledge that Albert Lea has two Level 3 wackos. Also, as a mom of two girls who will be teens in the next 5-7 years. Oh..and of two boys who will also be teens in the next 9-12 years. Granted, life might be different then, as would the dress style, but if they ever had to do research on something happening Now in the future, well..I wouldn't want to be the one having to answer why the girls were dressed the way they were and why.  :blush:

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Boone Publishing.  Where they headquartered??  Not Minnesota.  It easy to run a business when yer sitting on yer duff clear across the country.  Whatever.

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that got the Trib fearing a drop in revenue.
Yep, doesn't online advertising costs usually have something to do with pages viewed?  I'd say that will go down.  I know I've only been there a couple of times today.  Usually, I'm there a dozen or more times just to read all the comments.  I did find one comment there though.

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Dan Dorman July 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I support the decision and agree with the editorial.

I believe the change will improve the discussion.

Jim, I disagree that anonymous posting, or for that matter, signed posting, is a good way to “get a true feeling of what the public thinks”. There are too few people who post to really gauge public opinion. Plus there are other sites that offer anonymous posts.

Like you I have heard the fear of reprisal line. I don’t buy it however, anonymous posting allows people to make personal attacks without being accountable.

I think more and more newspapers are going to make similar changes. Those that don’t will find it harder to find people who are willing to respond to reporters questions because of the comment section.

I think dissension is valued today as it was in the early days of the Republic. My history must be a little fuzzy however, I don’t recall the signers of the Declaration of Independence using screen names. SMILE>>>>

I'll bet he's happier for different reasons.  Dan can come here and get his medicine if he's not afraid.  He knows who I am.

Wait a minute.  He left...

Dan Dorman prefers that everyone is kept in the dark.
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George Gillespie July 28, 2010 at 6:09 pm
When you know who is complaining you can deal with it. Since I have never hid behind a user name and made my identity known, I have many people grace my doors steps from Ron Gabrielson, calling me ever name under the sun which I caught on tape. Your man discussing his dissatisfaction with my views which is also on tape. County commissioners and city counselors have graced my doors to discuss my views. True feelings. No one will be posting anything close if they do they are inviting retribution and conflict cause those in places of authority believe they are above everyone else and can muscle their agendas.

Another comment at the Trib. GEOKARJO :clap:

I would consider it a form of censorship, made possible by our one and only Local Newspaper. :crazy:
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