Micro Persuasion: ESPN.com Allows Comments on News Articles

Thursday, February 15, 2007

ESPN.com Allows Comments on News Articles

ESPN.com has enabled comments on every headline news story ~~single story they post, even ones from the wires~~. The feature is called ESPN Conversation. You can dig into this yourself on this controversial story about some remarks made by former NBA player Tim Hardaway. This particular story has attracted nearly 1000 comments in just 24 hours. ESPN is one of several big media properties that allows readers to comment on stories. The Washington Post has also embraced reader feedback.

::LATER: Heard from ESPN that this only applies to headline news stories. This post has been edited.

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