The Case For Open Comments

I'm not very hep on comment moderation. I think it's a line for bloggers that cannot handle criticism - why is the blogosphere so full of thin-skinned people? - but the usual line trotted out that it's to stop comment SPAM. Well, since I use Typepad, that seems like a cop-out. You can set it so you get comments sent to you when posted - and then delete the comments if you believe or feel that they are SPAM. Today, potential for bad PR for American Airlines. I read the article about American the other day in the WSJ - on this post, asking why she felt she had to attack New PR Wiki, Blogdigger Headlines, plus Steve Rubel just went to GM Fastlane blog - something usually along the lines of move out of Detroit, to save the company - but those get moderated. And, at the IABC Conference, Reader Comments... POP! Public Relations, a public relations firm based in Arizona, USA. He authors the popular