Disclosure: I have no connection to these blogs, just thought the subject matter interesting.
I happen to agree.If you are paying for the web site,you pay for the space those comments are taking up..My view is,if you agree with me,great..If not,who needs you..I won’t pay for the rantings of lunatics....That’s why youtube finally went commercial..With everybody using youtube ,Google was paying for everyone to use that space and they were losing money on it...
I’ve noticed this too.
And I’ve noticed some news sites, will have comments open for some stories, but not for others.
One recent story I saw on a site regarding transgendered school bathrooms, for example, didn’t allow for comments. But other stories on that site were available for comments.
It’s as if they are afraid of the types of comments they will get from the public, so they decide to shut down debate.
Discovered while drilling down to the source -—
Damian Thompson has a Ph.D in the sociology of religion, which is about as useful as a masters degree in sitting still.
Heh.
Some newspaper sites have done away their forums as well.
Comments disabled has been an ongoing issue in newspapers across Europe... no surprise it’s starting here
Thank goodness for FR. I can vent here.
The more they get rid of comments sections (or try to force people to use Facebook] the more popular sites like this one will be.
There will be new blogs and news aggregation sites that allow comments because people want to communicate with each other about the events of the day.
They can’t stop it, but they are stupid enough to think they can.
Limbaugh once stated that when he ran numbers, less than .01% of radio listeners called in, and that the perception that taking a lot of calls improved ratings was bull. That's why he clearly states that the reason for calls is to make the host look good. Web sites are similar, that a few readers make hundreds of comments, and most make none. Political campaigns have paid flying monkeys that make posts on web sites.
I noticed a couple of years ago that news articles that were clearly paid for by governmental agencies to push an agenda didn't allow comments. Most obvious was the ones trying to outlaw vaping.
There is no free press!
Propaganda only.
I cease reading from sites which I have identified as not
providing comment sections. I also mock both those sites and idiots who try to hold them up as sources of accurate information.
When they want your opinion they will give it to you
Do not patronize sites that do this. They are propaganda organs and have nothing of value to offer you. Do not give them your web traffic.