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07.23.2009 2:29 pm

Minneapolis paper doesn’t allow story comments on certain subjects

By Steve Parker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Minneapolis Star Tribune refuses to allow story comments on eight topics. An article on MinnPost.com quotes Terry Sauer, the Star Tribune’s assistant managing editor/digital, as saying comments are turned off on stories that deal with:

Crime
Muslims
Fatalities/suicides
Gays
Distressed local companies
Racially sensitive stories
Local homes stories
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07.20.2009 8:44 pm

Story comments system in need of an overhaul

By Steve Parker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Thanks to all who commented and voted in the Editors’ Desk poll about story comments.

The results were clear: The way we’re handling story comments isn’t working. That opinion is shared by numerous editors at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com, including…

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07.16.2009 11:36 am

Story comments: Love them or hate them? Please let us know.

By Steve Parker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editors this morning shut down readers’ ability to comment on the story “Drugs played no role in Coleman slayings.”   Before the shutdown, the story drew 1,189 comments. Many of them were inappropriate, some vulgar.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com staffers try…

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