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No matter what side of an issue a 'true believer' is on they do not like having their dogma challenged. In the modern web comments have frequently played that r
by thescribe 11y ago
No matter what side of an issue a 'true believer' is on they do not like having their dogma challenged. In the modern web comments have frequently played that role, so, it is no wonder that comments are dying out.
Of course, no one will say that is why their own comment section is going away. There is always some high-minded reason why they shouldn't have comments. It doesn't hurt that comments aren't advertiser safe. Protecting a brand runs counter to having open comments.
- trowawee 11y agoThat's claptrap. Comments on 99.9% of websites are a pointless cesspool. If someone wants to scream racism or misogyny at other people, they can fire up Wordpress and make their own crappy blog. No one has some moral duty to give the diseased gums of humanity somewhere to spew their garbage thoughts, and ginning up some argument about comments being a space for telling truth to power is prima facie ridiculous to anyone who's spent 20 minutes on the internet.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoProviding a comments section doesn't mean your "dogma" is open to "challenge" any more than any other form of contact offered.