The Guardian used to have a fantastic set of talkboards which they closed almost ten years ago to the day: “We didn't have any other viable option on Friday ot

The Guardian used to have a fantastic set of talkboards which they closed almost ten years ago to the day: “We didn't have any other viable option on Friday other than shutting the boards down without warning. None of us think that is good community management, and the reason we have been in this thread is because we regret that we had to do it this way.” I guess the name of the game is “comments supporting our journalism and from which we can extract value from without incurring liability or bad publicity”.