They should never have existed. They are an astroturfing and bot raiding bonanza. Maybe news sites have finally figured out that there’s a reason why you need e

They should never have existed. They are an astroturfing and bot raiding bonanza. Maybe news sites have finally figured out that there’s a reason why you need editorial control and don’t let Russian, or Chinese (or American for that matter) bot army to take over your comment section to peddle whatever nonsense it is this week. Especially now with LLM’s, it’s pretty difficult to even spot the bots or moderate the comments.