Following is a message sent to
Black Press, owner of the Nelson Star
18 Nov, 2016
David Black, Chairman / Rick O'Connor, President -
While reaching you through the Black Press website would seem the most straightforward - reader-friendly - way: that process in itself is an example of how divorced your home-base seems to be from the general readership out there.
I am expected to open a Microsoft Account just for this purpose! Whatever that may be, whatever that may entail - whatever I may be expected to hand-over of myself.
So I pass!
Yet this presents an interesting intro to my reason for writing to you: not being able to post comments in the Nelson Star, read those posted and email site-items.
Comments
Triggered by an immediate reaction - whether reasonable to others or not - they provide a look into how a/this community thinks, inter-connects. In Nelson they are the most direct gauge of the public's concerns, in/through - according to a survey - the most accessed local source of info: the Star.
Posting Comments
Only Facebook subscribers can post comments, but those who are not are invited to post also by signing-up - first! While the considerable number of non-subscribers probably are that for specific reasons, and the number of drop-outs from Facebook seemingly is growing: opinions of those readers clearly are not important to Black Press. Curiously - neither seems to be their advertising-generated dollar: ultimately the life-blood of a publication such as the Star.
Reading Comments
Reading them - this possibly even generating comments on comments - encourages, may shape the public's direction. Thus it can be a valuable tool for decision-makers at Nelson's City Hall, they frequently out of touch with real-time public sentiment.
Unable to post comments for ages as a non-subscriber to Facebook, for close to 2 months now I also have not been able to access comments to just read on the Star's website.
Subscribers seem able to - yet not for all is getting there a simple matter of just clicking on comment-numbers either: with no fixed sequential pattern and variations between electronic delivery-systems.
Then there is the problem with emailing website items. Following all instructions correctly, sending items leads nowhere - literally: the don't arrive!
The Star editor briefly responds to my concerns with: whatever it is, it needs to be and will be fixed in Vancouver - but they are busy! The Star publisher has not responded, neither has your "webeditor" in Vancouver.
Considering that Black Press advertises itself as "Community News Media" - this community would appreciate if you were to make an actual contribution to it by fixing the elementary problems above.
When you are not too busy.
In the meantime, you are losing readers' interest here (only?). Not a good idea, particularly this close to Christmas.
With concerns -
Claus Lao Schunke
Nelson BC
It is not clear whether problems-as-such originate with Facebook or in-house. But seeing that currently this non-subscriber has no access whatsoever to commenting/comments - while subscribers have, no matter how messed-up the process, this does lead to far-reaching - literally - Facebook implications.
In-control Facebook is uncomfortable - in-control Facebook out-of-control is scary!
San Francisco (AFP) - Facebook accidentally declared its founder Mark Zuckerberg and many other users dead on Friday, acknowledging after fixing the problem that it had committed "a terrible error."
"For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts," a Facebook spokesperson told AFP.
Media reports indicated that some two million errant memorials were posted on profile pages.
Zuckerberg among Facebook users mistakenly declared 'dead'
Glenn Chapman, Nov 11, 20116
David Black, Chairman - Black Press
dblack @ blackpress.ca
Rick O'Connor, President, Operations BC - Black Press
ricko @ blackpress.ca
Eric Lawson, Regional Publisher (Nelson) - Black Press
eric.lawson @ blackpress.ca
Colin McGarrigle, Editor - Nelson Star/Black Press
editor @ nelsonstar.com
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