Until recently I was a regular poster on The Guardian.I was "BillFromBoston" and I was about as popular as a skunk at a picnic.Although I was always polite and subdued there (far more so than I am here) I was suspended many times for various time spans and then was finally suspended permanently for observing in a post that there are only two genders.
I,too,often noticed that certain pieces that were perfect for a comment section didn't have one.it's not difficult to figure out what their aim is in setting up comment sections for certain articles.
“Comments have been disabled for this video” is one of Yoooutube’s many forms of censorship.
Oh, I was kicked off years ago!
One of the things I find funny: left-wing comments occur all week long. Conservatives come on only during the weekends. Tells you something about the employment situation of those pajama boys!