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Denzil_DC

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7. Being a vaguely left-of-center paper,

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 07:42 AM

Apr 2016

you'd maybe expect the Guardian's comments sections to reflect that. But it's not been the case for many years, if ever, from what I've seen (and I gave up on all but the occasional predictably mindboggling dip into Comment Is Free long ago).

The moderation is unpredictable, trolls take up residency, social media links to stories which then attract those who particularly have something derogatory to say, the signal to noise ratio becomes ridiculously unproductive, and few, if any, minds are ever changed.

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So, The Guardian did a study of comments left on its website... [View all] cyberswede Apr 2016 OP

Never read the comments on a news site, they are always terrible. Odin2005 Apr 2016 #1

I don't read them either cyberswede Apr 2016 #8

Interesting to take their quiz, since it's like being on a jury muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #2

I disagreed with them on that same comment cyberswede Apr 2016 #9

I can see there is a point where it becomes 'author abuse' muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #12

Good point cyberswede Apr 2016 #17

Lots of people like to dump on other people to make themselves feel good. bemildred Apr 2016 #3

Yes, the safety of anonymity... cyberswede Apr 2016 #10

I always feel dirty when I go down there. bemildred Apr 2016 #11

"articles written by women attract more abuse and dismissive trolling than those written by men" pampango Apr 2016 #4

I think bloggers/Twitter posters have done this, sort of cyberswede Apr 2016 #14

Read it - it was a good idea malaise Apr 2016 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #6

Being a vaguely left-of-center paper, Denzil_DC Apr 2016 #7

Yeah... cyberswede Apr 2016 #15

Ban anonymity for newspaper comment sections. alarimer Apr 2016 #13

Our local paper tied comments to Facebook profiles a while back cyberswede Apr 2016 #16