The comment boards on the Knoxville News Sentinel are... interesting.
A lot of the more frequent posters can't spell. It's hard to take their rhetoric seriously.
I've often thought it would be cool to have a system that keeps track of the nonsense.
Commenters, while still anonymous, could earn a reputation over time for the value of their contribution to the "public forum" that KNS provides.
I took special note of this item: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/09/trayvon-martins-parents-advocate-non-violence/
And here is my comment, after reviewing 60 posts for content.
And the nominees are….
For most vile post:
1. NEVERBECONSERVATIVEWITHKNS
Nominated for "your kind" comment (2x)
2. cpasteve
Nominated for suggesting parents of ethnic minority children are are "gang-bangers"and cannot teach children to reject violence
4. Shockwavey
Nominated for "'trail of tears' tour" comment.
Nominees for most comedic posts:
1. NEVERBECONSERVATIVEWITHKNS
Nominated for: a) referring to POTUS as "obozo" b) "The rest of us would rather have a trained monkey to follow instead" c) "stats PROVE minorities murder more than whites"
2. Joeynailz
Nominated for a) characterizing a child walking on the street with skittles and iced tea as "a violent thug."b) referring to Black civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as "racists."
3. mikeford66
Nominated for "Libs, like him and CJ think it's OK for thugs to go around beating people up" comment.
Most juvenile posts:
1. mikeford66
Nominated for a) "Your mouth is NOTHING more than trash!" post b) "By you mouth i can call you a THUG?" c) "you libs" comment
2. Rifleman
Nominated for "selling your integrity for the liberal cause"
3. Joeynailz
Nominated for "More liberal LIES" comment b) " BS and liberal propaganda" comment
4. papwrick
Nominated for: "Not that it makes any sense to respond to the garbage you spew" comment.
Stay Classy, Knoxville
