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From Trolls to Stars: The Commenter Ecosystem

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Kate Miltner – NY Social Media Roundtable
Description This panel will explore the fascinating and often bizarre world of commenter culture. From trolls on 4chan to Star Commenters on Gawker Media blogs, panelists will discuss: - The nuances of commenter/blog symbiosis (including the benefit/detriment to the business side of ad-supported blogs) - The nature of commenter hierarchies - The sociology of self-policing/group determination of community standards of behavior - The implications of the shift from handle-based identities to real-world identities (Facebook Connect)
Questions
Answered
  1. What is a troll?
  2. How do people become Star Commenters?
  3. Can the commenter population on a blog make it undesirable to advertisers?
  4. How come some commenters are more powerful/popular than others?
  5. How can the commenting community shape the editorial focus of a blog/publication?
  6. Is it better to clearly establish rules or to let commenters self-police?
  7. What happens when commenters self-police?
  8. How does commenting work on Gawker/Slashdot/MeFi etc?
  9. How is Facebook Connect going to change the nature of some of these commenter communities?
  10. As everything becomes more and more social, how is the definition (particularly within the social ecosystem of the internet) of being a commenter going to change?
Level Beginner
Category Blogging, Community / Online Community, Online Relationships, Social Networking
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