Knowing Location of Chatters Calms Discussions
Mike at TechDirt notes that Topix (News on 300,000 topics, from Autos to your ZIP code.) recently instituted a simple tool to share the location of those involved in discussions via the site. The outcome, it seems, is that folks are bit more civil when others know, in general, from whence they come. The technology is a simple IP location tool but it seems to do the job.
The use patterns mostly parallel US population density save Seattle and San Fransisco. (See a real time map on the main page.) Why? Perhaps because those geographies have their own more local discussion forums which pulls those potential discussants from Topix.
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/15 at 08:14 AM |
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