Did You Write That Great Comment?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 29, 2010 -- Commentopia, the new megablog, makes sense and value of the torrent of readers’ comments flooding the web.

Thousands of comments are read and curated daily from top news sites and blogs for buried gems that contribute to understanding all sides of an issue. Boston-based but internationally-oriented, Commentopia headlines eight major categories, including World, National, Business, Sci/Tech, Health/Education, Sports/Entertainment, People, Environment.

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Did You Write That Great Comment?

Welcome visit Our WebSite:

http://www.commentopia.com

Commentopia is not a news aggregator but a digest of public opinion that creates a dynamic Internet version of a traditional “Letters to the Editor” page. It is the ideal site for the reader who wants a quick take on what’s being said on major topics of the day. Each selection provides a link to the original article and comment thread. Comments are archived weekly with a cumulative index to all items.

Commentopia’s curatorship is driven by three criteria: objectivity, credibility and fair-minded public discussion. Its mission is not to act as comment-censor but to be a valued and trusted source for an audience seeking differing viewpoints and engaging debate.

Commentopia is the brainchild of veteran editor and writer, Errol Lincoln Uys, who has decades-long experience on newspapers and magazines in the United States, England and South Africa.

Uys (pronounced “Ace”) was founder and editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest’s South African edition and, after immigrating to the United States, senior editor at the Digest's world headquarters. He collaborated with James A. Michener on his South African novel, The Covenant, and wrote the historical novel, Brazil, and non-fiction book, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression.

Says Uys: “Two ideas inspire Commentopia. You can call the first ‘counter-revolutionary:’ skepticism about the power of crowd wisdom – hitting a button to ‘signal’ what’s up or down, true or false, good or bad, a digital alchemy promising to ‘give the media back to the people.’

“The second idea inspiring Commentopia comes from listening to tech-savvy baby-boomers. They love the Internet and see it playing an ever-greater role in their lives, but find the info-tsunami overwhelming. They welcome a free service like Commentopia where the media stream is quieted, the voice of the people heard above the roar of the crowd.”

More information can be found online at http://www.commentopia.com

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