But there are several issue that people are bringing up, and only one of them can be dismissed as entitlement. Some people are looking for the text of the articles to be in the same place as the comments, and even in that group only the ones who want all the comments on the main Boing Boing page can be called entitled. For those who are looking to read the comments alongside the articles they can probably be placated by including the complete text in the initial post here on the BBS, and making sure the author is credited correctly. A way of browsing the forum by thread creation date, as opposed to last updated, would also help.
The other major complaint is with the structure of the forums themselves. The community of Boing Boing commenters grew out of a threaded comment system, and they’re mostly objecting to being moved to a flat forum structure. @Codinghorror’s unwillingness to engage the community in the debate on flat vs. threaded also contributes to the dissatisfaction these users feel.
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