I’ve noticed, more and more, that media outlets are allowing comments. And, those thay do, are requiring sighn-ups to places like Google and Facebook to do so. The noose is tightening.
^are NOT^
“I’ve noticed, more and more, that media outlets are allowing comments. And, those thay do, are requiring sighn-ups to places like Google and Facebook to do so. The noose is tightening.”
Well, the outlets committed to making money as opposed to those who are simply propaganda organs for the Obammunists and the like WANT comments, because the name of the game is page-hits multiplied by ads/page-hit, and reading and responding to comments generates WAY more page-hits than just the original content. In effect, the comments amount to free content.
So be happy that those who eschew user comments like The Slimes are simply hastening their own demise.
BTW, almost ALL outlets require some form of login, and using a fake facebook account is a handy way to have quick login credentials for hundreds of thousands of web sites. It’s also a centralized way to quickly scan for responses to your own posts so you can go back and knife anyone stupid enough to try and counter you.