Monday, August 18, 2008

Whaaaa?

The following strange item appeared on the Flint Journal's website yesterday. Is this a new bill collection device for advertisers?

(This was in a box where an ad might have been)

"This Account Has Been SuspendedPlease contact the billing/support department as soon as possible"

Also what has happened to the comments counter on the Journal website? It is annoying not to have the counter because you have to click on every story to see if it is attracting attention. I have to believe that the lack of a counter is hurting, or at least slowing comments to the website.

If it's broken, it's been broken for awhile, and if it's not broken, why is it not there?
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2 comments:

MaryAnn Chick Whiteside said...

It's broke and Matt has this to say:

"Some of you may notice that the number of comments item that appears at the end of the posts has disappeared from our site. Please know that this is temporary, but it could be temporary for a while. Trust me when I say we didn't do this to frustrate you.

Quite the contrary, we had to remove that feature in order to correct the problem we've been having of "disappearing comments" that many of you have complained about. "


Read more online http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/07/flint_journal_and_community_ne.html

20 August, 2008 08:55
Anonymous said...

The lack of a counter may be discouraging comments, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Based on what I've read, the Journal's online conversationalists are only affirming the worst stereotypes about Flint.

20 August, 2008 14:10

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