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12. Just when we think they've hit rock bottom, they bring out the dynamite. n/t

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Tue Sep 24, 2013, 06:17 PM

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"Popular Science" Online Eliminates Comment Function [View all] TygrBright Sep 2013 OP

I Sympathize With Them, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2013 #1

No bottom? We don't know that, Sir. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #2

And Keep Going Deeper And Deeper, Without A Bump, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #4

I'll accept it as a working hypothesis. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #5

Plenty of Room at the Bottom xocet Sep 2013 #28

Just when we think they've hit rock bottom, they bring out the dynamite. n/t OnlinePoker Sep 2013 #12

As we hit what was percived as the bottom Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #51

We do know that. jmowreader Sep 2013 #20

Vandals 1, free Speech 0 pscot Sep 2013 #3

I don't know Xyzse Sep 2013 #6

Like LibertyUniversity.edu? (nt) jeff47 Sep 2013 #9

LOL, Touche Xyzse Sep 2013 #15

I think it's a great idea. Hopefully it is the way of online media in future Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #14

Maybe... Then again, they could go the newspaper route. Xyzse Sep 2013 #17

Our local just dumped Disqus for Facebook IDemo Sep 2013 #19

which mcClatchy rag? reddread Sep 2013 #25

Idaho Statesman IDemo Sep 2013 #29

I'm pretty happy that the Statesman dumped Disqus EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2013 #35

I've seen only two comments so far IDemo Sep 2013 #36

I usually read the LTTE section EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2013 #38

KC Star did the same lastlib Sep 2013 #34

That'd be their letters pages for the most part Posteritatis Sep 2013 #22

The NY Times does that NYC Liberal Sep 2013 #39

"Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life here..." hunter Sep 2013 #7

this is too bad but i can understand, the internet has made it possible for those JI7 Sep 2013 #8

Very happy to hear this. Wish it happened more often. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #10

More to the point, the rhetoric on science articles actually tangibly, objectively harms science. nt Posteritatis Sep 2013 #23

not nearly so much as Government restrictions, etc reddread Sep 2013 #26

Now that you've exemplified the issues in the article, I suggest you read it. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #27

I have a better idea reddread Sep 2013 #42

Quod erat demonstradum II: demonstra harder. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #43

Hahhahhahhah!!!!! hatrack Sep 2013 #90

You really need to read the article. Your comment is highly ironic given the substance of the link. Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #57

It really is precisely what PopSci's talking about, isn't it? (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #82

Yup... Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #83

Gosh, you're really in favor of commenting on articles you didn't read, huh? bettyellen Sep 2013 #59

The people are not being denied, discouraged or restricted from uninhibited expression LanternWaste Sep 2013 #73

I disagree SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #47

Harming the discussion harms the process, especially when it "informs" public attitudes. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #49

Good, it's all just theory anyway. Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #11

what? Popular Science + Scientific American = B.S.? Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #13

I think we have a babble thumper amongst us. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #16

Hardly. Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #87

You got it! Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #86

I've been reading Scientific American now for around 40 years..haven't found any shraby Sep 2013 #24

When they start publishing for the government, they deserve to be dissed. Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #88

please explain that comment, I'll wait, thanks nt steve2470 Sep 2013 #53

There's mountains of evidence supporting theories. Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #84

K&R n/t NealK Sep 2013 #18

It sucks, but they're right. Posteritatis Sep 2013 #21

You know, Tien1985 Sep 2013 #30

Almost every time I look at any comments section LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #31

There are people paid to bombard all kinds of sites SoCalDem Sep 2013 #78

I've been reading popular science magazine madokie Sep 2013 #32

Good. secondvariety Sep 2013 #33

"Uncivil comments" yes they were correct to call them that and lunasun Sep 2013 #37

Now HERE'S a great quote; A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #40

Wait.....The mom never got an abortion Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #52

Wow, commenter totally missed the point, like most finger waggers. n/t Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #64

Welcome to the Fascist State of America. zappaman Sep 2013 #41

two things come to mind, those fools Frank Zappa and John Lennon reddread Sep 2013 #45

Stephen King killed John Lennon zappaman Sep 2013 #46

the difference between asking a question and making an assertion reddread Sep 2013 #48

Yes. n/t zappaman Sep 2013 #50

thats funny reddread Sep 2013 #62

73. n/t zappaman Sep 2013 #66

yup thats what i thought reddread Sep 2013 #67

Stephen King the horror writer? Rex Sep 2013 #74

Yes..THAT Stephen King. zappaman Sep 2013 #75

More painful evidence that our culture in the midst of a rapid descent... bvar22 Sep 2013 #44

If only Youtube and Yahoo News would do the same. alp227 Sep 2013 #54

Lol, so true! Every time I read either of those I deeply regret it. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2013 #55

Google is trying to force people to use their name on YouTube. joshcryer Sep 2013 #56

It's downright baffling how insistent they are with that. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #60

No shit. 47of74 Sep 2013 #89

Good for them. We really don't need every article on line open to the incoherent babblings Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2013 #58

The most effective trolls are religion ones. Dash87 Sep 2013 #61

They could learn something about community moderation here. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #63

how should the less intelligent folks be weeded out? reddread Sep 2013 #65

of course, thats the ticket reddread Sep 2013 #68

I think you forgot to change your socks. ret5hd Sep 2013 #77

ha! (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #81

implying? reddread Sep 2013 #85

a) it isn't a matter of intelligence lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #69

Popular Science is to Science reddread Sep 2013 #70

weeding out? reddread Sep 2013 #71

I suggest reading about the DU community moderating system. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #72

true scotsmen? reddread Sep 2013 #76

It is what it is. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #79

A juried moderation system on a site like that would be a nightmare, actually. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #80