Re-Mixed Editorials - Maybe Later?

On June 12th, LA Times promoted an interesting idea. The chance for readers to re-mix their editorials. "Watch next week for the introduction of "wikitorials" - an online feature that will empower you to rewrite Los Angeles Times editorials.

This initiative was met with some scepticism.

I think this is a pretty cool idea. It would have given a lot of initiated people the tools to think, argue and make the debate go from the first editorial, to some form of group opinion, depending on how much you empower the readers.

This experiment in its first form was how ever short lived. It's been put off-line, for the moment.

LA Times explains "Unfortunately, we have had to remove this feature, at least temporarily, because a few readers were flooding the site with inappropriate material.

Thanks and apologies to the thousands of people who logged on in the right spirit."

Let's hope this concept will be re-designed and put to good use in some other form by LA Times and others. "Peer Production", is if the noise level is dealt with, an idea whose time has come.