Tagged: comments

Mumps: learning from the comments threads - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Nov 30, 2017 •

• All Blacks,
• anti-vaxxers,
• comments,
• Science and Society,
• Social media,
• vaccination

So, another All Black has come down with mumps and the comments threads are once more awash with those opposed to vaccines, posting the usual mix of pseudoscience and misinformation. Honestly, I would post a link on the Stuff FB page to this excellent commentary by Dr Mark Crislip, but I just know that the … Read More

Attitudes and antibiotics - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Nov 20, 2017 •

• antibiotic,
• antibiotic resistance,
• antimicrobial resistance,
• comments,
• Facebook,
• Influenza,
• natural selection,
• Social media,
• spanish flu

A recent FB post from Stuff discussed the rising concerns about the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (This is something that Siouxsie Wiles has often written about: here and here, for example; her excellent book on the subject is reviewed here.) Fairly predictably, it didn’t take long for the proponents of essential oils to turn up, soon to be joined by the … Read More

Sciblogs – seven years in, we have a comments policy! - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • May 06, 2016 •

• blogging,
• comments,
• policy

Sciblogs was born in 2009, a time that could now be considered to have been the tail end of the golden age of blogging in general. Back then, commenting on blog posts was a relatively popular thing, lots of people did it. Then Facebook, Twitter and Reddit came along and much of the commentary shifted to those platforms. All the while, Sciblogs never had … Read More

About Code for Life - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Sep 09, 2015 •

• about,
• banner,
• Code for Life,
• comments,
• Copyright,
• topics,
• writing

Re-introducing Code for Life: notes about what this blog is, disclaimers, comments, copywrite, and writing examples. Welcome to Code for Life. What’s with the name of the blog? Code4Life was a name I considered for my consultancy, BioinfoTools. It plays on a number of things related to my work and what I write about: My work … Read More

Anonymous comments on social media - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 19, 2015 •

• bloggers,
• blogging,
• comments,
• Facebook,
• Social media,
• Twitter

  Something I picked up on the internet. Yes, I know – some people have legitimate and understandable reasons for being anonymous when they comment on social media. Concern for jobs and protection for family and self. I can appreciate … Continue reading → … Read More

Blogimmuniqué: commenting policies and the other room concept - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Apr 03, 2010 •

• blogging,
• comments,
• the other room

I mean my blogimmuniqués to be about my own blog. Since I haven't written a blogimmuniqué in a while, and this long weekend is seeing few visitors here, a post about commenting seems as good as an excuse as any for a blogimmuniqué. It is an excuse: I’m not going to write about commenting on my … Read More