This lawsuit raises lots of issues: whether websites are responsible for what their readers write, whether websites that encourage these kinds of conversations bear more responsibility than others, and what is considered an invasion of privacy online.
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Yes, I saw all of the headlines, too, some of them to prompt readers to write me for details.
The paper's website said readers could write away for a free souvenir package containing the paper's first and final editions.
My readers who write me are anyone from a 13-year-old to an 80- or 90-year-old, so I have a very broad readership.
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The Guardian newspaper got readers to write letters to the "undecided voters" of tiny Clark County, Ohio and suggest to them that Kerry was the better U.S. president for the rest of the world, if not for them.
After all, writers write for readers to read their work.
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In addition, writers felt flattered when they attracted a lot of readers, so that made them want to write more interesting copy, to attract readers.
Other readers have asked me to write a series on California, while others are just excited to see such a strong female presence in what has traditionally been a very male-dominated business.
Most people now consider blog posts to be the closest thing to a personal recommendation, and since we assume that there is generally no ulterior motive for a blogger to write the piece, readers consider a blog post at face value.
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People come to the site because it has the most reviews written by readers, and they often stop to write some of their own, attracting even more people.
Perhaps it would be useful to think of the issue this way: when we write a story, our readers are free to respond and we provide them a venue to do so.
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My readers may think that I'm going to write about my brother who is a well-known trumpeter.
The big news was the addition of language declaring that bloggers who accept free merchandise or services from companies they write about must reveal that to their readers or be found in violation of the law.
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One of the reasons I was so excited to write my book is that it gives readers step-by-step instructions to building a personal brand online, from figuring out how they fit in, to choosing the right tools and using them efficiently.
Genre writers make a conscious choice to write within the framework of specific categories that readers and filmgoers know: horror, suspense, crime, science-fiction, western.
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They trust their contributors to write smart things, and they trust their readers to be smart enough to come along for the ride without handholding or pushing.
We all fall prey to this, I write about it all the time and have few readers who are mathematicians who read my blog and agree that today with using computer algorithms to spin numbers that math is not 100% reliable any more on proving accuracy.
The tax dude thanks his good readers for highlighting this error and promises in the future not to write during signing day for college football.
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My purpose here, however, is not to talk about restorative justice, but to give our readers the basics of the A.A. program before I write my final few posts in this series about fearless authenticity as the key to becoming a great negotiator.
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The American writer once won a bet that he could write a story in just six words, and we asked our readers to do the same.
That makes us very different from the official papers that write what they are told to and the commercial papers, which pander to readers.
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Readers can swipe a finger to turn a page, zoom in and out by pinching fingers together or apart or write notes on the page or highlight text with a finger or the supplied stylus.
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