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Santization demonstrates what is and isn't acceptable: rather than removing low quality comments outright, they are sanitized and re-used to reinforce standards. | Santization demonstrates what is and isn't acceptable: rather than removing low quality comments outright, they are sanitized and re-used to reinforce standards. | ||
- | [http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_7.html#jardin Xeni Jardin says]: | + | On disemvowelling, [http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_7.html#jardin Xeni Jardin says]: |
<blockquote>The dialogue stays, but the misanthrope looks ridiculous, and the emotional sting is neutralized. Plucking one early weed from a bed of germinating seeds changes everything. Small actions by focused participants change the tone of the whole. It is possible to maintain big healthy gardens online. </blockquote> | <blockquote>The dialogue stays, but the misanthrope looks ridiculous, and the emotional sting is neutralized. Plucking one early weed from a bed of germinating seeds changes everything. Small actions by focused participants change the tone of the whole. It is possible to maintain big healthy gardens online. </blockquote> | ||
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