The Guardian’s Comment is Free launched a contest to name the best commenter, who will be elevated to official CiF blogger. (Yes, I know, it’s a class system. But that’s OK. It’s Britain). I do hope this works because — probably among others — I suggested it to CiF editor Georgina Henry as a way to stop focusing on the few assholes who soil comments and start recognizing all the witty folks who bring their wit, knowledge, and — this being Britain — irony to the discussion. Here is the announcement of the blogoff. Here is the list of nominees (names I recognized from my reading of CiF; it’s a good list). The nominations thread had more than 850 posts and, from what I could see, a notable lack of vile bile. So far, it seems to be working, which proves that commenters, like columnists and bloggers, like attention.
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