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At least it is somewhat civilised. The comment section of the newspapers down here in Australia now how the lowest signal to noise ratio I have ever seen on a f
by mianos 5y ago
At least it is somewhat civilised. The comment section of the newspapers down here in Australia now how the lowest signal to noise ratio I have ever seen on a forum in my life and I am old, first using BBSs in the early 80s. Almost every comment is completely senseless with by far the majority blaming every issue, related or otherwise in the article directly on the prime minister or his party.
- prawn 5y agoIt has to be seen to be believed. I used to play a game of trying to guess the gripe or dispute unfolding based on the article, but was always surprised when I reached the footer at the level of idiocy. I generally suspected that a good deal of it was agitators associated with the two major parties, acting as random people and trying to start/steer conversation to maintain talking points. Either way, I've never seen a single comment or discussion worth reading at all on something like Adelaide Now/The Advertiser. Quite the achievement.
- mabub24 5y agoIt's similar on a lot of Canadian newspapers. The real interesting comments come out when they forget to turn off comments on a youtube video. Some news services, like the CBC, now just turn off comments on certain topics because the comments simply added zero value, often detracting from the stories like a kind of intellectual blackhole sucking any reason out of the air.