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I’m amazed you’re not getting more comments of agreement. There was a period of two years where every single 538 article had a “I’ll make you $500” comment and
by jimbob45 6y ago
I’m amazed you’re not getting more comments of agreement. There was a period of two years where every single 538 article had a “I’ll make you $500” comment and 538 couldn’t/wouldn’t take them down.
Newspapers struggle to exist as is without devoting more resources to an obsolete forum system. Better to retreat to a BBS system for overall discussion of the newspaper and let HN/Reddit/4chan provide platforms of discussion for your articles.
- JdeBP 6y agoThere is a middle ground of outsourcing the comments handling to companies like Disqus. But the Philadelphia Inquirer does say that (a) it has tried everything, presumably including considering this option, and (b) the comments have proven to be not actually useful to the publication nor widely used (outwith a small group) by readers outwith two specific areas. "BBS system" is RAS Syndrome, by the way. (-:
- skissane 6y ago> But the Philadelphia Inquirer does say that (a) it has tried everything, presumably including considering this option They claim they tried "everything", but did they actually try everything? For example, did they try limiting commenting to paying subscribers only? They don't mention in this post whether they actually tried that or not.