It’s Friday. Okay, it isn’t. But at least it’s five o’clock. Here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week in our belated Friday Five:
5 most-read stories on LDV this week
- Opinion: Why we should praise Louise Mensch (37 comments) by Lee Chalmers
- Could you edit The Guardian? Take a simple test (32 comments) by Mark Pack
- Opinion: Nick Clegg and the next parliamentary term (34 comments) by Charlotte Henry
- Councillor Warren Swaine reinstated after Twitter race row (26 comments) by The Voice
- Who are the Lib Dems ‘unconventional men (or women) whose mad ideas make us think’? (31 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- The Death Penalty
- Uk IT/Engineering graduate unemployment c.f. Germany
- Traditional folk music
- Digital economy act “unworkable” says Vince
- Local Party Boundaries-switch to primary LA?
5 from the LDV archive
(6th August, 2007-10)
- Is this what Ming meant by being more spikey? (4) by The Voice (2007)
- Paris Hilton responds to John McCain (11) by Mark Pack (2008)
- Public in dislike of petty partisan politicking shock! (8) by Stephen Tall (2009)
- Millennium’s Credit Crunch Diary… July: Is it ALL about the Banks? (6) by Millennium Elephant (2009)
- Should prayers be a part of council meetings? (24) by Sara Bedford (2010)
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- louise mensch
- martin shapland
- “vince cable” “deficit reduction”
- david laws
- warren swaine
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Saturday Five. Let the weekend commence continue in 5-4-3-2-1…
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One Comment
“Most read” suggests these are the postings that most engage LD members in comment amongst themselves.
This is misleading. And it really makes a nonsense of the Most Read title.
It is more than likely that our political rivals watch our site more closely than our members. Often the first comments are from non LD posters.
For me, this has stopped me from taking the trouble to engage in comment; it has become a mudslinging between political activists.
Take the David Laws article for example. The comments are just an argument between half a dozen boys but it gives the misleading impression of Party rejection.
While I know that you cannot ban non party members from the site you could help party members to recognize where the comments are coming from by either:
# asking LD members to identify themselves.
# publishing a list of the regular posters political affinities. There are only about a dozen regulars.
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