Jason Kottke applies the broken windows theory of social behaviour to online environments. Does the design, or appearance, of a blog or discussion forum adversely influence the conduct of commenters or forum members?
Does the aesthetic appearance of a blog affect what’s written by the site’s commenters? My sense is that the establishment of social norms [...]
Poor design lowers the tone of blogs & forum comments?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 to the comment subset
Why are there no spam or trolls on Twitter?
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 8 March, 2008 to the comment subset
Riddle me this: why are there no spam or trolls on Twitter?
Answer:
Because it’s rather like an RSS feed – you choose to read it – and nobody so far has worked out how to spam a feed.
I wonder if that is really so? (The bit about Twitter being troll free, not the bit about spamming [...]
