Posted on 09/18/2016 9:13:35 AM PDT by P.O.E.
Via dicentra, the Z-Man on the ongoing disappearance of mainstream media comment sections:
Z-Man on the ongoing disappearance of mainstream media comment sections:
The reason news sites are killing off comment sections is two-fold. One, it is usually where you get the bits of the news story our betters edited out in order to maintain the narrative. The "Minnesota man" in the story is identified in the comments as Jorge Gonzalez, an illegal from Guadalajara. It's where the "suspect wearing a red shirt" is identified as a black guy named T'Q'ull Ferguson with a Facebook page full of pics of him holding a handgun and a bong. The comment sections have become a leak in the system.
Don’t need a Fakebook account to FReep! Woohoo!!
Probably a kickback or it's free to them, letting FB filter the chaff/actionable comments, and its censors do the dirty work on the factual, but politically undesirable comments.
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.
Or they only allow thumbs up - never down and you have to use Facebook to comment to make sure it’s easy for suckerberg to note whether you need re-education.
The NYT is like that. Some stories that cry for comments don’t have a section. I was wondering if paying customers see the comments.
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