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Jackpine Radical

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1. I guess that's abut right for responses to M$M.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:49 PM

Mar 2012

Those territories have become the exclusive territory of right-wing trolls, who compete with each other on viciousness.

That's OK, though. People who actually have something to say have other outlets--like DU, for example.

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Have online comment sections become 'a joke'? [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2012 OP

I guess that's abut right for responses to M$M. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #1

They were more interesting in the early web days. Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #2

I rarely read online comments Kalidurga Mar 2012 #3

In the earliest days of television, the hope was that the new medium LeftinOH Mar 2012 #4

and once we thought we were at the bottom....Dr. Phil and Jersey Shore. Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #9

I live in a two to one Democratic district. JohnnyRingo Mar 2012 #5

Should have to post with real names like Facebook. n/t Peregrine Took Mar 2012 #6

Yes nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #7

You know, when it's on Snookie being a whore or Politics... snooper2 Mar 2012 #8

they really became a joke when zbdent Mar 2012 #10

depends if there`s a moderator madrchsod Mar 2012 #11

Sometimes I read the first three or four comments. murielm99 Mar 2012 #12

I only read comments here and on nytimes sammytko Mar 2012 #13

People who respond to online messages are idiots Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #14