Chowrangi

Out of sheer frustration, I want to let out some of my whines about some of the blogs of today. In this era of information explosion, when one has so many blogs on his disposal and one wants to share his views on these blogs in the form of comments, its imperative that this process should be as painless,agile, and efficient as possible.

But, with some blogs, this is simply not the case. In order to just comment, you have to register, or you have to give your name, or/and email, or/and website URL. There is not mechanism to stop someone giving fake name or email or url, and how on earth everybody could have a URL, for God’s sake. Some morons, even want their visitors to go through a lengthy process of registering before they could comment.

I would even go as far as saying, that “moderating comments” is not a good idea. If a blogger, really thinks he is writing for public, and he has publicly published his blog, he should be fair, and also allow everyone to offer his views publicly. If someone abuses and malwrites, the blogger could omit the objectionable words, or the whole comment. This will in a sense benefit the blogger too, as it will show a conflict and boy, do they love conflict.

The concept that people have to be invited to post comments is pathetic—if you hold yourself out as a big cojones company, then act like it. Even the concept that one has to register to post a comment is lousy. There have been many times that I started to leave a comment on a blog but stopped when I realized that I’d have to register.

Other posts by Kashif Aziz

• Taliban of Punjab Police - March 3rd, 2010
• Chile Earthquake, Hawaii Tsunami and Social Media - February 28th, 2010
• President Zardari apologized for childbirth in rickshaw - February 26th, 2010
• Reason of Traffic Jams in Karachi - February 19th, 2010
• Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Top Most Taliban Leader Caught in Karachi - February 16th, 2010
• PTCL Launches Largest Data Center of Pakistan - February 15th, 2010
• Reflections On Twin Blasts in Karachi - February 6th, 2010
• Aafia Siddiqui convicted, may be sentenced for 60 years - February 4th, 2010
• Dawn News going down the Drain? - January 30th, 2010
• Has Karachi Gone To Dogs? - January 27th, 2010