#reneritchie

So MG Siegler is claiming here  that:

 the curated nature of the conversations allows for a back-and-forth that is actually insightful and free of bullshit. Here’s a Branch I created today about the iPhone 5 “cuts”, for example. If this conversation took place in a comment thread, half of the comments would be something like: “fuck you Apple blogger dickhead bitch! LOL” or “you’re such a moron because Android” or “your don’t get Microsft lovez to teach apple things like u know”.

Lets take a closer look at the participates of the iPhone5 conversation MG gave as an example:

1. Mg siegler: among his many attributes, he is also a self proclaimed apple fan.

2. Rene Ritchie: editor of iMore.

3. John Gruber. apple blogger

4. Seth Weintraub: owner of 9to5mac.

Im not sure about the other 3 participates in the branch "debate", but my point being is that its easy to have a civil conversation when you choose in advance debaters that agree with your view on most things. Difference of opinion, while can lead to heated conversations can also be productive