blogs as a professional

Upon reading more about the Washington Post closing a blogs comments, I begun to analyze the situation a little more. I think that it defeats the purpose of the blog if you dont allow citizens to participate by giving them the opportunity to give their input. If the Post is just posting blogs, it kind of defeats the purpose because it is merely in a way reporting or another commentary which is what a newspaper contains already. Blogs are meant to be interactive. The decision was made after a citizen's reply contained profanity which is reasonable, but I think that that particular post could have been deleted or revised for the sake of keeping the blog principle alive. I wonder what kind of complaints if any the Post has gotten.