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Naturally, the comments on this story are lively:
"Very entertaining... a call for civility unleashes a torrent of mudslinging! "
Comments do keep people coming back, and it can be entertaining, but I can also see how it can turn into a headache if people go off the deep end and the newspaper brass are not used to keeping the children separated.
That's one reason why the State 29 blog doesn't have comments. Besides, if you want to comment, go get your own blog and link up. It's a free world.
As far as newspapers go, I think the Quad City Times is being bold by allowing people to comment on every news story and letter to the editor they publish on the web. I certainly look at their web site a lot more often as a result. Whether it will last....
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