As David Kirkpatrick, senior editor at Fortune, engages in a discussion with Esther Dyson, CNET editor at large, the dialogue dips and dives into and out of the oft-tempestuous media pool.

With years of experience on both sides of the fence as a journalist and a newsmaker, Dyson explains the importance of being a benevolent dictator when it comes to running a website and managing dialogue, particularly when forums “attract the crazies” as opposed to the much friendlier alternative, our 16 year-old daughters.

Building on why it’s vital for sites to let their rules evolve along with their customers, Dyson provides a new perspective on the meteoric success of facebook.com. Also be sure to watch and learn about rioters as bloggers, how cell phones and the freedom of the internet is changing Eastern Europe and Russia (“In Russia, internet blogs you!”) and the rise of Ghana’s internet hair salons.