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I wonder why The Guardian isn't (at the time of writing) allowing comments on that article. Could it be because their business model has an over-reliance on peo
by oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
I wonder why The Guardian isn't (at the time of writing) allowing comments on that article. Could it be because their business model has an over-reliance on people not using ad-blockers?
- philk10 11y agomaybe because it's an article and they usually only have comments on Opinion pieces?
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoIt's nowhere near that simple, unfortunately. They have comments enabled on many news stories. They moderate very heavily, and as a result use a complicated system whereby comments may or may not be enabled on a given article at a given point in time, depending on a) how 'controversial' the subject is b) moderator availability.
- emodendroket 11y agoWell, considering the trash that tends to get posted on news sites you can't really blame them.
- CM30 11y agoProbably because the comments would make them look bad. That seems the general reason for a Guardian article having/not having comments. If they think the userbase are likely to agree with the writer they'll be on, and if they think the userbase is likely to eviscorate them (or in cases like this, talk about adblockers and stuff), then they'll turn them off.
- Hoasi 11y agoReally? Selective commenting seems a terrible way to handle the matter if that's the case.