Just Letters No Filters
That's the name of a new site where people can send letters regarding issues of interest to Clallam County citizens.
Here's the link.
I haven't sent anything yet, but it sounds like you won't have to spend two weeks jumping through hoops while you're waiting for your letter to maybe get published.
Here's the link.
I haven't sent anything yet, but it sounds like you won't have to spend two weeks jumping through hoops while you're waiting for your letter to maybe get published.
posted by Tom Harper at 5:54 PM
20 Comments:
It depends on how popular the site becomes I guess, and who reads it.
and do not engage in slander, libel, needless personal insults, etc.
Yeah, lets not speak the truth as we see it and hurt others feelings and expect them to go look in a mirror.
One problem is that the owner/moderator does not identify himself. Yet he will have access to Commenters info? Not cool.
THIS site has alot of integrity in how open and transparent Tom is. I'll stay here.
sandy b
I just asked the same question over there.
Sandy is on the ball!
Yup, Tom is transparent, I can see right through him, hehehe
I won't post on a site where I don't know WHO is behind it. It is just a bad idea.
I don't think it's too big a deal. Who knows who looked at your letters at the PDN? I mean, if they get your ideas out there, does it really matter who's "behind" it? How could it harm you?
I like the idea of "No Filters", but I am a bit concerned about giving my personal info to most anybody these days.
It seems like a pretty good site. There's an interesting letter about the Barnfather campaign debacle.
@anon at 10:09 - I read the details of posting over there,and it indicated that there are methods the owner/moderator could access more info through one's Google Account. If you choose to post there, your Google Account privacy alerts should be in place such as WebHistory.
There are techniques out there in which social networking is being utilized to gauge how well the common citizens are swallowing the mainstream propaganda, so
Why not build her/himself a good reputation from Moment One?
Even the PDN at least identified its owner/editor.
sandy
"I like the idea of "No Filters", but I am a bit concerned about giving my personal info to most anybody these days."
So, you wouldn't submit a letter to the editor to a newspaper because they also would want your name and phone number? I'm just asking...
I'm wondering why Jay Ketchum would blow his brains out. I didn't know the man but he seems to have been pretty controversial at times.
WHY EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A GUN
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@BBC 11:57
We had him over to our home for a roof estimate? It was...controversial; he got real bullyish when we questioned the worthiness of his materials.
back to the posted subject, fellow-readers.
Curiosity gets the cat; because of the comments here, I went over to the Just Letters site. The moderator is 'grading' the comments publicly for punctuation and grammar. That's just tacky.
It is as tacky as a Peninsula College term project assignment.
PA Online should pull its endorsement.
" ..It is as tacky as a Peninsula College term project assignment."
May be it is eh ?
I just looked at the site as well. Now the moderator says it is OK to keep SOME people anonymous (as long as "he" gets to see the non-disclosure agreement from a disgruntled former employee)! What part of "non-disclosure" doesn't he understand? Talk about HYPOCRICY!
I'd like to respond to a couple of the comments here...
First, no one is "grading" responses to letters posted. All I did was make a couple of suggestions about one letter - suggestions intended to improve the readability of letters. (Such as breaking it up into paragraphs instead of having one long run-on block of text.)
NO ONE has had their post "graded" for, or even had comments made about, their punctuation and grammar.
And, yes, if someone cannot disclose their identity, but still has information they want to share, it only makes sense to at least consider keeping them anonymous. If, say, an employee at a corrupt local governing body like, let's say the Port, were to want to share some thoughts or information without the fear of losing their job over it, it doesn't seem insanely hypocritical to at least consider it. The writer of the Rich Sill letter made a good case for why this is something the public should be concerned about, but had to remain anonymous. If you disagree with the judgment call that was made, well...
Finally, I'd just like to say that the letters blog is intended to be an outlet for expression for anyone who wants to participate. If the format is not perfect, or not the way you'd like it to be, well, I'm sorry. No one is perfect, and it's a work in progress, done by people who have never done a blog like this before. I'd like to think the intent is clear: Public expression.
No one is trying to steal your identity. No one is going to try to expose you to ridicule. And no one is editing or filtering the letters for content, or to fit any sort of pre-existing ideology or agenda. Just try to keep it under 300 words, and check your spelling so you don't make yourself look bad.
Have at it.
clallamcountyletters.blogspot.com
On Jay, word around down is marriage problems. He certainly had enough money.
The site seems to have essentially shut down at this point ... the whole thing was a ruse ... some kind of personal vendetta.
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