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Anyone notice the comments for this article on WP? There appears to be a poster called "The burning bush" who is commenting with lengthy comments about every 6

by xexers 9y ago

Anyone notice the comments for this article on WP? There appears to be a poster called "The burning bush" who is commenting with lengthy comments about every 6 minutes. All of the the comments from that user are sceptical of man made climate change. Washington post does not appear to let you sort by anything other than "newest"... which means that this commenter's posts are always the top comment. That's concerning!

stevenwoo 9y ago
Every comments section I've seen for newspaper articles even in supposedly blue urban areas contain an outsize proportion of conservative trolls. It's possibly worse than youtube comments.
2sk21 9y ago
Newspaper comments sections are almost uniformly unreadable. HackerNews is, I think, the only site I subscribe to read comments.
Applejinx 9y ago
That's normal. You'll find the same thing going on in the HN comments for '24/192K audio is silly': there's a class of people who fight for their arguments not with science or discussion, but through brigading and suppressing other people's arguments to get 'em out of sight. It's very much the case with climate change denialists, and it's also in play with '16 bit audio is enough for every possible person!' audio pundits: they will brigade to suppress opposing arguments to make it seem like their views are unopposed. Pretty sure the WP comments from the climate skeptics are more organized. There's a lot more money in climate denialism, from traditional energy companies with enormous resources and a clear agenda to continue their present mode of operations. I've never understood why the 16-bit audio guys are so similarly quixotic.
enraged_camel 9y ago
WaPo is experimenting with a new comment system, which is why it currently only lets you sort by newest. The old system had other sorting types, and the new one will too soon. Don't worry about it too much. :)

by xexers 9y ago

stevenwoo 9y ago

Every comments section I've seen for newspaper articles even in supposedly blue urban areas contain an outsize proportion of conservative trolls. It's possibly worse than youtube comments.

2sk21 9y ago

Newspaper comments sections are almost uniformly unreadable. HackerNews is, I think, the only site I subscribe to read comments.

Applejinx 9y ago

That's normal. You'll find the same thing going on in the HN comments for '24/192K audio is silly': there's a class of people who fight for their arguments not with science or discussion, but through brigading and suppressing other people's arguments to get 'em out of sight. It's very much the case with climate change denialists, and it's also in play with '16 bit audio is enough for every possible person!' audio pundits: they will brigade to suppress opposing arguments to make it seem like their views are unopposed. Pretty sure the WP comments from the climate skeptics are more organized. There's a lot more money in climate denialism, from traditional energy companies with enormous resources and a clear agenda to continue their present mode of operations. I've never understood why the 16-bit audio guys are so similarly quixotic.

enraged_camel 9y ago

WaPo is experimenting with a new comment system, which is why it currently only lets you sort by newest. The old system had other sorting types, and the new one will too soon. Don't worry about it too much. :)