User Comments, Facebook and You

As some of you may have noticed, Scarsdale10583 experimented with integrating with Facebook to post user comments.

We hoped that asking users to log on with Facebook would decrease anonymous comments and improve the quality of the comments we received.

However after a few months of testing we found some flaws with the Facebook integration.

First, we had no tools to moderate the commentary on the site or to manage Facebook comments. Plus, we received many complaints from readers who don't have a Facebook Page and had no intention of getting one and were therefore unable to comment. Last, apparently some Facebook comments simply disappeared and we had no way to recover them.

So we have gone back to our original comments application and will require you to include your name and street address with your comments. Please be respectful, polite and decent. Don't harass, demean or denigrate your fellow residents or those who work or volunteer for the school or the village.

We will read all comments before they are posted and will not publish any anonymous or inappropriate comments.

We value your input and hope you will comment and be constructive with your words.

If you want to contact us, email scarsdalecomments@gmail.com.

Joanne Wallenstein for Scarsdale10583