Another one bites the dust
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sharethis seems to be the norm with newspaper comment sections.
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Was the WP awash in trolls or did they simply figure paying Mods was too much of an expense?
The papers are in dire straights over the last decade or so...
No reason given?
shareThey were replacing the commenting platform. Comments are open again.
shareWow, I thought it would be permanent like most of the others.
shareYes, it's usually a one-way trip. Their extremely vague message didn't help, but it's good that they are back.
share"...one-way trip."
This reminds me of my experiences with a huge corporation I once worked for and how it conducted quarterly performance evaluation reports. During the first several years, employees were allowed to provide comments of their own, to refute any allegations they deemed as inaccurate, so there was a sense of balance, fairness. That was completely eliminated after the founder died one year. The only option the employee had left with the new policy, to disavow its accuracy, was to not sign it, and well deserved raises were less common. The corrupt world we live in.
Quarterly reviews sound like a lot of work! There are some organizations that do a much more extreme version of what your past employer tried. They call it "360-degree reviews", where basically everyone reviews everyone. So your boss would review you as expected, but so would your colleagues. In turn, you would review your boss and your colleagues. It seems a little crazy, but the concept always fascinated me.
shareWe had that years ago - it was silly. Even if you felt there was a reason no one wanted to criticize the person they worked for on a day to day basis.
shareAnything COVID related always has the comments disabled. You know, can't have anybody informing the public with correct info. Better to have contradictory info and everybody against each other.
shareThat does not appear to be the case with the Washington Times, but I have definitely seen other sites where only some stories have comments open.
shareWashington Post has had a lot of covid articles with comment sections. NYTimes a few, as in general they don't allow comments on news articles.
shareNews you say? Ahhh! There's so many ways to reply. Better to keep my mouth shut or mods will close the thread :P
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You mean the Washington Compost and the New York Slimes? Both are Leftist rags.
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Amen!
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Can't have ordinary people having an opinion of their own if it differs from 'the official narrative'. It's been a trend for a few years now and is getting worse.
shareI'm guessing, this isn't about that Queen song, right? (Tu tu tu, another one bites the dust.)
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Yep. We can't have people opposing THE STATE!
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If you cannot win in the arena of ideas then close the arena.
shareNot many left that will allow comments anymore. Media giants trying to push everyone to facebook and twitter for forums.
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