Comments on: Comment on government: How should I be interacting?

By: Generation Y and Digital Participation: RIGP 2011 : Tim's Blog

Generation Y and Digital Participation: RIGP 2011 : Tim's Blog — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:21:39 +0000

[...] on the coalition agreement, also highlighted some very positive interactive government when I noticed that the terms and conditions prohibited anyone under 18 commenting on the site without pa…. Under 18s can join the army, have sex, drive a car, pay tax – and many other things, without [...]

By: Car l

Car l — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:42:43 +0000

I agree with your point that the strengths or weakness of their arguments should be debated in comments as a blog without any comments is not interactivee and devoid of any opinion. It gives a more balanced view. Great post.

By: Don’t be down with the kids at Helpful Technology

Don’t be down with the kids at Helpful Technology — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:56:09 +0000

[...] On balance, it’s probably a good thing that dubious marketers and market researchers aren’t able to ask intimate questions of youngsters unregulated, but the problem is that similar approaches have tended to be adopted by organisations looking for public comment on policy. Tim Davies, who is basically best described as the all-round guru on strategies for youth engagement through social media, highlighted this problem recently. [...]

By: Steph Gray

Steph Gray — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:34:38 +0000

thanks both – that’s great. I’ll use your suggested amendments.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:38:31 +0000

Hey Steph

Sounds good – though as Richard mentions, ‘neutral pseudonym’ may need an alternative phrasing (I’d tend to suggest ‘You may want to use your first or last name only, rather than your full name’)

I’d keep this part of the main policy.

If concerned that people won’t read the full policy then I’d consider whether it’s worth having some useful pop-up tips for everyone about commenting & moderation available near the comment box. (E.g. appearing when you hover over a ‘Before you comment…’ link and including a small Under 16? heading as part of the pop-up…

(BTW: The service looks great!)

By: richard

richard — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:28:45 +0000

I like those principles Steph… can i add a couple of things?

Would someone under 16 know the word pseudonym? Maybe use ‘not your real name’ or some such phrasing?

Maybe also change ‘your use of this website’ to ‘the ideas on this website and the opinions that you want to express’.

Is it worth splitting this out from ur standard page with a seperate under-16s link? Wud someone that young look for advice in the middle of a moderation policy page?

… just some random thoughts!

By: Steph Gray

Steph Gray — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:49:01 +0000

Hey Tim

I’m just drafting some default moderation rules for commentable documents on my new http://readandcomment.com platform. Based on your advice above, my line on under 16s now reads:

“If you are aged 16 or under, you may wish to talk to your parent/guardian about your use of this website before submitting a comment. You should not provide identifiable personal details (apart from an email address, which will not be published in any case), and may consider using a neutral pseudonym in place of your real name.”

How does that sound?

By: The government and online crowd sourcing | eDemocracyBlog.com

The government and online crowd sourcing | eDemocracyBlog.com — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:07:51 +0000

[...] picked up by Tim Bonnemann, who noted in his post that Tim Davies had foreseen these problems in an excellent post written back in [...]

By: Kaihsu Tai

Kaihsu Tai — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:04:38 +0000

There is another one, also blog-like: http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/ ‘The Coalition Government is committed to restoring and defending your freedom – and we’re asking you to participate.’

By: More for less: three cheap ideas to do now at Helpful Technology

More for less: three cheap ideas to do now at Helpful Technology — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:05:17 +0000

[...] it goes without saying that there’s no point inviting comments unless you can review them properly, and even then, it’s better to be able to point to a timescale and process for responding in [...]