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12:22 PM
November 10, 2009
kiehart

Two thoughts and a question:

-Label the art as a "photo illustration"

-Spell "vigilant" correctly

-Is there some sort of policy on identifying Seth as an alum? The sports blog always notes that he was a Chronicle staff member, this article does not. Just curious.

5:06 PM
November 10, 2009
Farmer L

I do not understand this deleting of posts. On topic posts relating to the new technology should be allowed. I read the locomotive post and it was on topic and relevant. What difference does it make if Smith uses twitter to comment about the town he lives in or, since the chronicle brought it up, e-mails from one of the LAX players from a few years ago. BOTH were made public. Besides, I dont see why this article even comments on what some sports figures put on facebook or twitter about or even e-mail to each other. Why is it relative to pick local sports heores to compared to the millions of non sports people who comment daily with their tweets and facebook nonsense. More relevant would be writing an article about some Duke instructors tweeting nonsense rather than a student at Duke just like yourself. You might actually find some profs who tweet similar to whatsmith tweets about. You know, compared to Yale and Harvard and other news worthy papers on college campuses that I comment on, Duke is missing something in this new technological age that we are living in. Other news worthy papers allow criticism as well as praise. You do not. The chronicle is suppose to be free and independent but it acts like it needs approval of the brodhead administration. God help our future news if this is the case.

1:48 AM
November 11, 2009
Michael Gustafson

I have to say, Locomotive Breath and I have not always agreed - though I have had the good fortune to be able to communicate such disagreements rather directly. But I am at somewhat of a loss to determine why precisely his topical assessment of the contents of this particular article found themselves stricken from the electronic record. This article made a value judgment about the use of technology; Locomotive Breath's comment made a relevant and "documentable" counterpoint to it. No part of his comment "broke the rules," as far as I read them, of a Chronicle post. As an alumnus and as a faculty member, I would greatly appreciate an editorial comment as to, specifically, why Locomotive Breath's comments were deemed so far outside the lines as to be obliterated.

12:12 PM
November 11, 2009
Wiggins2166

Good read. I predict the NCAA gets involved with this "social media" craze, and puts an end to it. It leaves the door open for possibilities of recruiting violations, and not to mention player safety. Can you imagine if Tyler Hansblo were to Twitter "I'm heading out with my boyfriend to eat at Applebees in Chapel Hill." Someone would surely track him down and smack him.
-One other thing, for all you folks up in arms about calling Nolan Smith out for his twitter on the BullShitty, obviously he didn't care if anyone saw it or he wouldn't have posted it for thousands to see. And the reason for the article "Farmer L" is to hopefully bring to light the power of social media amongst high profile athletes and the danger that can come from it if not used carefully.
And your remark about, why even comment on what athletes Twitter, and what is the difference between them and any other student, well, you should just ask the NCAA that question. There is a lot of difference. Athletes have rules to abide by that other non-athletes don't.

And to answer Michael Gustafson's question, Locomotive Breath's comment was removed because of his name being horrible at best. That's why.