Socrata Expands Comment Moderation With New Approval System

Comment Moderation Keeps Politically-charged Discussions Open and Respectful

SEATTLE, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Socrata, Inc. -- Making Data
Social(TM) -- today announced the release of one of its most requested product
features -- comment moderation -- to its Social Data Platform. The Socrata
Social Data Platform enables government organizations to disseminate data
online, enabling citizens to filter, sort, and comment on data all within a
web browser.

Since inception, Socrata has offered community-based comment moderation, but
today's release represents new functionality for data publishers who want more
control. Now content managers can manage inappropriate, off-topic, and spam
comments in an approval system, much like popular blog platforms, before the
comments are ever seen by the public. This feature is especially important for
government agencies who may be posting politically-charged data.

"We're excited to offer our comment moderation system to our premium
customers. Now when agencies make their data social, they can ensure
discussions remain open and respectful," said Kevin Merritt, founder and CEO
of Socrata. "Because government organizations license Socrata as a service,
all of our premium customers automatically received these enhancements."

About Socrata
Socrata, Inc. -- Making Data Social(TM) -- based in Seattle, Washington, is
the world leader in social data discovery, a category of Web solutions that
enable national, state, and local governments to achieve new levels of
transparency and citizen participation while significantly lowering the costs
of serving online data. Socrata is a private company with venture financing
from Frazier Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. To learn more
about Socrata, visit www.socrata.com/about.

Socrata, Making Data Social, and Social Data Player are trademarks of Socrata,
Inc. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective
companies.

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Joshua Zecher of 463 Communications, +1-202-463-0013, ext. 206,
josh.zecher@463.com, for Socrata, Inc.