MSNBC blogs coming?
Posted on August 06, 2002 @ 12:36 in General
Webwereld, a Dutch internet news site, reports that by the end of August MSNBC is going to offer users weblogs in an attempt to gain more "editorial control" over the users' contributions. It says that last year MSNBC shut down their discussion boards because it had to filter 17 million messages a month for hostile and/or obscene content. With offering blogs they hope to again give the users a sense of community, while at the same time eliciting more responsible behavior and more responsible content. Interesting development, right on the heels of Salon offering blogs. Looks like blogs are gaining a lot of mainstream exposure now.
This News.com article appears the source of the Webwereld article. News.com doesn't mention any shutting down of discussion boards over at MSNBC.
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