Ethics, Morals, Etc..: Comment approval option for 'toon makers?

During my membership at Toondoo I've come across many toons which have been labeled "inappropriate" with the little thumbs-down icon. But in all sincerity I have read far many more comments that seem to me inappropriate than most any of the toons which I've seen given the thumbs-down. These comments range from crude to redundant, from harassing to literally threatening, and yet nothing has been done to stop deliberately rude comments appearing. Sure, there is the wonderful delete option the toon maker can use- but what if the toon maker is out of town, in the hospital, died, ect. and simply can't delete? (When I think about it, if I get hit by lightning tomorrow who the heck is going to be nice enough to remove a "U suk" comment left on my toon by some kid needing a Ritalin fix? LOL)

 I guess what my question boils down to is this: as subjective a thing as the concept of what's appropriate and what's not is, if we're going have a certain expectation here at Toondoo about appropriate content within the confines of a cartoon strip panel, is it not too much to expect freedom of expression within the confines of a comment box to be at least given in good taste? And on this note, I end here with one suggestion: Comment Approval Option for toon makers.

Thanks!

subDes

Yeah, Like on iTunes or YouTube! Thumbing down and up comments! But- You could just delete them, or ASK the creator of that toon (If it does not belong to you) to delete it. And, If Comments had thumbs up/down, some vandal could thumb down a bunch of random comments, just for laughs like on YouTube.

P.S.- Take a look at the Toon of the Day! THANKS, JAMBAV!!!

Okay SubDes,

We relent! :-)

From now on, emails that announce to you that there has been a comment on your ToonDoo, will also contain the text of the comment. You won't need to click all the way to the ToonDoo.com website to find out what the comment was.

This is a bonus feature to all regular ToonDoo users. That is, users who have created ToonDoos, or commented/cheered/faved other people's ToonDoos in the last seven days or lesser, won't be bothered to login to see the comment. Only those who have been inactive for more than seven days (imagine that! No ToonDoo for more than seven days! Blasphemous!!) will be asked to visit the site to view the comment!

Fair enough? 

(And, before you ask, we will soon be providing a "Delete this Comment" option too, right in your mailbox, in the same mail... Wait along!)

Rajendran

ToonDude from www.jambav.com

 

 From now on, emails that announce to you that there has been a comment on your ToonDoo, will also contain the text of the comment.
  Rajendran

This is the greatest. When someone leaves a comment that needs a reply you can know from the email notification. So cool. This is really useful Rajendran, thanks.

There are folks that want a comment-approval scenario... They want every comment to reach their inbox, and they will, in their own time, approve a comment, before it can appear in the toondoo page....

There are others, who, on the other end of the spectrum, want even anonymous users to be able to comment (we right now ask for sign in, before commenting!).

In my personal view, I think we must just put our trust on the inherent goodness of the majority of our users/visitors, and the community's active participation to keep the vandals out. I like the immediacy of the instant-comment-publication, with the added facility to knock it off if obnoxious.

Ongoing discussion - we will keep experimenting with ideas.

Keep giving us more food for thought, by posting your own ideas, and also interesting approaches to the same problem that you have noticed in other websites.

Thanks.

Rajendran.
ToonDude from www.jambav.com

same

if it ment no more comments thAt tear people down then yes i would

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