I have to admit: actually I like spec work and detailled planning. But still, it's alway a mess. The smaller the projects or the parts you are planning, the more problems are always likely.
Yesterday we discussed the commenting policy for the future corporate blog. My idea is to have it not anonymous (every user writes with his emailaddress as a username) and moderated only after publishing. Every comment is immediately online, every user is fully responsible for what he says, an editor can check a comments-rss for updates and delete, if necessary.
That's not only the currently cheapest way, I also recommend it for some more reasons:
- The amount of comments will de limited to an easily manageable amount. By not allowing anonymous comments, you get rid of a lot of bullshitters, fakers and colleagues who only talk to create noise.
- The community editor only has to react on extremes.
- This way creates more openness. That's maybe paradox; you might assume that anonymous comments will be regarded as more open and flexible. But if users learn (and they will), that everything they write is reviewed before publication, this will quickly spoil all positive effects.
- And there is an important educational aspect: Openness, laissez faire, ability to handle criticism require responsibility from both sides. Employees have to grow up if they want to participate.
- After all: you can only get famous, if you use your name. And if you don't want to get famous - what are you doing here?















