Comment Moderation

by Tom Ziller on Jul 15, 2008 12:54 PM PDT

Citing alleged Miami interest in Ron Artest, the Sacramento Bee’s Sam Amick quotes Kings co-owner Joe Maloof as asking Artest to "take a deep breath and quit flying off the handle with comments that don’t make sense." Maloof’s advice might well be directed at some of the Bee readers, whose comments following Amick’s piece raise the following quandary : if Buzz Bissinger can hold the editor of Deadspin directly responsible for dopey comments, where’s the outcry over the unmoderated hate-fest occurring under the auspices of the MSM?

This remains amazing to me, that no matter what strides The Bee has made in developing excellent online content, they continue to allow their comment sections to be bitter cesspools filled with completely unredeemable (and often incomprehensible) dreck. It really demeans the great work Melody, Sam, Scott and Ailene have done with the web-only writing on the blog.

Sactown Royalty generates no money (excepting our charitable venture for the Sacramento SPCA), yet we've managed to create a place where you can actually discuss the Kings and the NBA. How hard is it?

(And yes, consider this a plea to remain civil and thoughtful in this trying time of the Artestopocolypse.)

(Also this is as good a place as any to congratulate the Gurneys, who have also created some special out of nothing. Long Live BallHype!)

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The whole site

The comments everywhere on the Bee’s site are unfailingly terrible. Ignorance, trolling, thinly-veiled racism and outright stupidity are the norm in most of the Bee comment threads I’ve read. It’s scary.

I do agree that the writers you mentioned have done a wonderful job with the Kings blog. Without it, where the would we get our information?

by Carl on Jul 15, 2008 1:32 PM PDT reply actions

Albeit longer, most of the comments on the Sac Bee’s various articles are on par with those you might find on YouTube. Until they develop some kind of moderation or approval system, the commenting feature just serves as a sounding board for worthless drivel that adds absolutely nothing to any kind of meaningful discussion

by jeremy548 on Jul 15, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions

Good comparison

by Carl on Jul 15, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Artestopocalypse

Classic

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jul 15, 2008 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

I do get very distusted by most comment sections..

On the other hand, I was pleasantly suprised by the people who comment on StR when I first found this site. For the most part they are informed and respectful of others opinions. Usually I stay away from message boards but this site has encouraged me to come out of my internet shell.

by Ball in Cup on Jul 15, 2008 3:32 PM PDT reply actions

I'm with ya on that

That’s why I started posting here too. (Or Sac Kings Blog actually. But whatever.)

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 15, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

my disgust for the commenting on other sites

finally led me here. Since then, I haven’t bothered looking for another Kings avenue.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 15, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah I always hated commenting other places too

I tried the Bleachers Mob a couple times, and I thought it was an awful place to post stuff. So I just never did. Everytime I peruse Kings Fans I find it boring, and Kings Super Fans isn’t any better. It’s just all pretty boring stuff if you ask me. Very little and new ground being broken. But at least their consistent at it.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 15, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Kingstalk used to be pretty good (if somewhat brutal) before the site owner decided to a) monetize it by allowing morons and b) surrendered control to an unamed radio talk show host (open secret though at KT). Now, the more knowledgeable BB posters shun the basketball forums which have been abandoned to 12 year olds and the most active forums have nothing to do with basketball. It’s a shame and I hope that never happens to StR.

Your Sacramento Kings: Another day, another drama.

by KK on Jul 15, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

me too!

Haha! Finally a worthless “me too” post makes its way onto StR!

My bad. I swear I’ll never do it again.

Your Sacramento Kings: Another day, another drama.

by KK on Jul 15, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmm does that mean TZ is actually making money at Ballhype now?

Congrats, you can move out of starbucks finally.

by moproblemz on Jul 15, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions

hm

Maybe I should actually click on the STR ads sometime to help TZ get out of the basement :)

by thekangarooster on Jul 15, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

does STR get it or SBNation?

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 15, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I would hope that he at least gets a decent percentage.

by thekangarooster on Jul 15, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Right now, I get nothing from the ads here. In the past, there has been some income from the ticket brokers and Google ads … but if you did the math, it’d come out to about 20 cents an hour.

I’m not full-time with BallHype, by the way. Gettin’ in where I’m fittin’ in.

by Tom Ziller on Jul 16, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions

I dunno

All day yesterday, the main ad was for gay.com. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.

by otis29 on Jul 15, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

more like

He can now pay for something at Starbucks therefore justifying his stay. Internet money is slow money.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 15, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Bring on the Artestopocolypse.

A lonely Kings fan in a sea of gold and purple...

by Jaycee on Jul 15, 2008 4:13 PM PDT reply actions

I trust

Ron will be doing a lot of Artestoscopies on Kings opponents once the season starts.

by coolcatreportdotcom on Jul 15, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Probably

Just not while the Kings are playing them, as he’ll be playing somewhere else ;-P

TickTickTickTickTickTick

by LeaguePassAddict on Jul 18, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

ESPN discussions are the worst

Maybe its due to the aninominity of such a large forum, but it is always filled with blatant racism and braind dead comments. As many have mentioned above, the comments here are nearly always well thought out and respectful.

Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal

by 27freethrows on Jul 15, 2008 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

One of the benefits of having a good community

And having a good community that helps enforce the rules. I don’t mind dissention or different opinion; rather I welcome that myself. I think that makes a strong community. But what I don’t enjoy is a few trolls around here have done recently which is make dumb comments and incessantly comment to just comment. The same Blazer fan who was posting crap on here ending up doing it on Clips Nation too. It’s sad, but it happens. Thankfully this doesn’t happen often here.

Personally I don’t believe in censorship, and I don’t hold back on much. I think that’s the single best thing about the community. Anything within reasonable reason, and some things aren’t reasonable, usually is allowed as long as it doesn’t cross an arbitrary line. While I don’t believe necessarily in an arbitrary line, I do realize it’s necessary in order to keep quality responses of a blog around. In short, StR is an excellent example of where most opinions that represent fans can be seen. Most language is allowed, and it’s not highly censored. As a result quality responses in this environment, even with foul language, are included and don’t demean the quality of the opinions for the most part.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 15, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

F*ck You!

Kidding…rec’d.

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on Jul 15, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank you for the touching and brilliant response sir

I will treasure it as I treasure my life. I’m going away to cry now.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 15, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions