> As of Feb. 1, we are removing comments from most of Inquirer.com. Comments will still be available on Sports stories and our Inquirer Live events, and there will be other ways for people to engage with our journalism and our journalists, including our letters section, social media channels and other features that our readers have become accustomed to, as well as new capabilities that we’re developing.
> Commenting on Inquirer.com was long ago hijacked by a small group of trolls who traffic in racism, misogyny, and homophobia. This group comprises a tiny fraction of the Inquirer.com audience. But its impact is disproportionate and enduring.
> It’s not just Inquirer staff who are disaffected by the comments on many stories. We routinely hear from members of our community that the comments are alienating and detract from the journalism we publish.
> Only about 2 percent of Inquirer.com visitors read comments, and an even smaller percentage post them. Most of our readers will not miss the comments.
> For more than a decade, we’ve tried to improve the commenting climate on our sites. The goal has been to create a forum for a civil, open exchange of ideas where readers could offer relevant feedback and criticism of our work.
> Over the years, we’ve invested in several methods to try and accomplish this. None of it has worked. The comments at the bottom of far too many Inquirer.com stories are toxic, and this has accelerated due to the mounting extremism and election denialism polluting the national discourse. You deserve better than that.
When the truth hurts. Shut it down.
Don't want people to read a counter-narrative either. The comment sections are more powerful than you think
Commenting on Inquirer.com was long ago hijacked by a small group of trolls who traffic in racism, misogyny, and homophobia. This group comprises a tiny fraction of the Inquirer.com audience. But its impact is disproportionate and enduring.
Only about 2 percent of Inquirer.com visitors read comments
lol
Oy vey!
Yet they commented 6 gorrilion times!
election denialism
So they are Election Denialism Deniers
Also : (((Civil Moderation)))
Election theft denier.
Even the comments are News. The comments are information about people who care enough to comment.
The real reason is that the commenters are contradicting the narrative, showing that the advertorialist was either a shill or a dupe.
Racism has been a persistent presence in Inquirer comments.
Repercussions are a bitch. This is what happens with miscegenation. Go back to an ethnostate and racism goes away.
No one knows the difference between comprise, constitute and compose.
Same with many other sites notably Yahoo. The old Yahoo comments were red pill machines. I would read people changing their opinions after the comments. I recall one time a woman defending a very anti-Trump hit piece on his immigration policy. A commentator had her Google a couple of other articles to prove the Yahoo article was completely false. Her very next comment after some elapsed time was an apologetic statement. That's just one of many examples. They know shutting down comments works on news sites. Why? They know it's not a leftist echo chamber. Like Twitter. People on news sites are genuinely interested in the truth so facts and open discussion can sway opinion.
Most likely comments being removed followed the lack of a mug shot for many articles. Since they stopped pointing out that most of the criminals were black, the comments usually included the race of the criminal.
Too bad the media is more concerned about offending niggers than it is about protecting the people.
gaslighting 101
people need to start being punished for this behavior...
The last thing journalists want to read is the truth. Makes perfect sense.
All comment sections on biden videos removed. We need a mirror on YouTube so I can check the comments for hillarious shit talking about biden
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