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I avoid sites that do not allow comments.
by transfire 11y ago
I avoid sites that do not allow comments.
- ngrilly 11y agoWhy?
- hayksaakian 11y agoto me it's like going to an ecommerce website that does not have product reviews
- ngrilly 11y agoFunny comparison :-) That said, it's a little bit different. When you plan to buy something, the advice of past buyers is really helpful. But when you read something, you usually don't need other people advice to extract value from what you read.
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- Al-Khwarizmi 11y agoSame here. If there was a lack of sites on the Internet I would do without comments, of course. But as there are plenty of news sites for any given region/topic, I'm just stopping using those that don't allow comments. I think the interaction provided by comments is one of the strongest advantages of news and blogs with respect to traditional media and removing it is a step backwards. Relying on solutions like Twitter for the comments isn't the same thing. Apart from the 140-character limit that I've never liked, tweets are ephemeral and are soon lost in the information sea, apart from depending on a third party that could decide to delete them or restrict access when they like. I prefer the comments to reside with the news, where they belong.
- crusso 11y agoI don't avoid sites that don't allow comments, but I tend to prefer ones that do.