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Media companies have started to give up on online comments sections
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:47 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:47 am
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EARLIER THIS WEEK, Vice’s technology and science news site Motherboard dropped its comments section, opting to replace it with an old school “letters to the editor” feature. Then Reddit launched a news site called Upvoted that didn’t include a comments section. (You can still comment on the stories on Reddit itself.)
What’s going on here? For years, comment boxes have been a staple of the online experience. You’ll find them everywhere, from The New York Times to Fox News to The Economist. But as online audiences have grown, the pain of moderating conversations on the web has grown, too. And in many cases, the most vibrant coversations about a particular article or topic are happening on sites like Facebook and Twitter. So many media companies are giving up on comments, at least for now. So far this year, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Daily Beast and now Motherboard have all dropped their comments feature.
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:49 am to Street Hawk
Good.
Comments sections is online media's cesspool. All the waste seems to trickle down to that area and accumulate.
Consuming it just makes me feel ill.
Comments sections is online media's cesspool. All the waste seems to trickle down to that area and accumulate.
Consuming it just makes me feel ill.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 11:50 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:54 am to Street Hawk
Makes sense. There are awful things that end up in comments. YouTube had to really crack down on things because people would just say super racist things.
To me, the only way to go with that stuff is require people have a Facebook account to comment. That dumps people that just want to say the n-word.
To me, the only way to go with that stuff is require people have a Facebook account to comment. That dumps people that just want to say the n-word.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:55 am to Street Hawk
Well, no one asked them to "moderate". Most comment sections just selectively filter out criticism of whatever article it is. Yes, there are the blatant/disgusting comments, but the "moderating" in so many cases never allowed for any opposing viewpoints.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:56 am to timbo
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To me, the only way to go with that stuff is require people have a Facebook account to comment. That dumps people that just want to say the n-word.
I'll be the first to say I dont comment on ANYTHING that requires facebook login. I dont say anything racist, but I hate that I have to give every website access to all of my FB information just because I want to make a simple single sentence remark? Come on man
Posted on 10/9/15 at 11:56 am to Street Hawk
I blame Ken M. He perfected the art of comment section trolling.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:01 pm to Street Hawk
Probably a good idea. I'm sure advertisers like seeing the interaction, but at the same time, if a media company is trying to appeal to advertisers looking for a specific readership (demographric and intelligence level), the comments section rarely helps their case.
Also, if you're a site that survives solely from clickbait headlines, the comments section merely serves as an opportunity for readers to complain. And if you do product reviews, the comments section becomes an area of advertiser-bashing and non-advertiser exposure.
Also, if you're a site that survives solely from clickbait headlines, the comments section merely serves as an opportunity for readers to complain. And if you do product reviews, the comments section becomes an area of advertiser-bashing and non-advertiser exposure.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:10 pm to Street Hawk
I don't think removing the comments section is the right business move. Without a comments section, people only click once on an article, whereas people click the same article many times over if they're tracking the comments.
Also, maybe it's just the sites I go to, but I really don't see many examples of abusive commenting. I see plenty of examples of commenters calling out authors on their BS, though.
Also, maybe it's just the sites I go to, but I really don't see many examples of abusive commenting. I see plenty of examples of commenters calling out authors on their BS, though.
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