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Funny, I've always hated scrolling down and accidentally seeing comments on news articles, which are almost uniformly garbage. I think it's a terrible way to pr
by TillE 3y ago
Funny, I've always hated scrolling down and accidentally seeing comments on news articles, which are almost uniformly garbage. I think it's a terrible way to present any kind of serious story, it makes for a worse experience.
If I want to discuss an article, there's Twitter, Reddit, etc. The NYT used to have a good public editor (Margaret Sullivan) you could complain to, but she's long gone.
I will say that The Verge has a good approach, where there's a comment section on every story but it's hidden behind a button at the bottom you have to actively click. That's a fine compromise.
- enobrev 3y agoOne of the nice features of Google reader was that you would see discussions of urls by people in your contacts. A similar filter could be really useful for this sort of discussion plugin.
- crazygringo 3y ago> If I want to discuss an article, there's Twitter, Reddit, etc. Most articles don't have a Reddit thread, and it's impossible to view commentary around a URL on Twitter in any kind of cohesive forum-like way. Also, I don't want to have to constantly be copying and pasting URL's into other sites. I just want it right there automatically.